Joshua 8

1 ♥ 📝 A nd Jehovah^H3068 said^H559 unto Joshua,^H3091 Fear^H3372 not, neither be thou dismayed:^H2865 take^H3947 all the people^H5971 of war^H4421 with thee, and arise,^H6965 go up^H5927 to Ai;^H5857 see,^H7200 I have given^H5414 into thy hand^H3027 the king^H4428 of Ai,^H5857 and his people,^H5971 and his city,^H5892 and his land;^H776

2 ♥ 📝 And thou shalt do^H6213 to Ai^H5857 and her king^H4428 as thou didst^H6213 unto Jericho^H3405 and her king:^H4428 only the spoil^H7998 thereof, and the cattle^H929 thereof, shall ye take for a prey^H962 unto yourselves: set^H7760 thee an ambush^H693 for the city^H5892 behind^H310 it.

3 ♥ 📝 So Joshua^H3091 arose,^H6965 and all the people^H5971 of war,^H4421 to go up^H5927 to Ai:^H5857 and Joshua^H3091 chose out^H977 thirty^H7970 thousand^H505 men, the mighty^H1368 men^H376 of valor,^H2428 and sent them forth^H7971 by night.^H3915

4 ♥ 📝 And he commanded^H6680 them, saying,^H559 Behold,^H7200 ye shall lie in ambush^H693 against the city,^H5892 behind^H310 the city;^H5892 go^H7368 not very^H3966 far^H7368 from the city,^H5892 but be ye all ready:^H3559

5 ♥ 📝 and I, and all the people^H5971 that are with me, will approach^H7126 unto the city.^H5892 And it shall come to pass, when they come out^H3318 against^H7125 us, as at the first,^H7223 that we will flee^H5127 before^H6440 them;

6 ♥ 📝 and they will come out^H3318 after^H310 us, till we have drawn^H5423 them away from the city;^H5892 for they will say,^H559 They flee^H5127 before^H6440 us, as at the first:^H7223 so we will flee^H5127 before^H6440 them;

7 ♥ 📝 and ye shall rise up^H6965 from the ambush,^H693 and take possession^H3423 of the city:^H5892 for Jehovah^H3068 your God^H430 will deliver^H5414 it into your hand.^H3027

8 ♥ 📝 And it shall be, when ye have seized^H8610 upon the city,^H5892 that ye shall set^H3341 the city^H5892 on fire;^H784 according to the word^H1697 of Jehovah^H3068 shall ye do:^H6213 see,^H7200 I have commanded^H6680 you.

9 ♥ 📝 And Joshua^H3091 sent them forth;^H7971 and they went^H3212 to the ambushment,^H3993 and abode^H3427 between Beth-el^H1008 and Ai,^H5857 on the west side^H3220 of Ai:^H5857 but Joshua^H3091 lodged^H3885 that night^H3915 among^H8432 the people.^H5971

10 ♥ 📝 And Joshua^H3091 arose up early^H7925 in the morning,^H1242 and mustered^H6485 the people,^H5971 and went up,^H5927 he and the elders^H2205 of Israel,^H3478 before^H6440 the people^H5971 to Ai.^H5857

11 ♥ 📝 And all the people,^H5971 [even] the [men of] war^H4421 that were with him, went up,^H5927 and drew nigh,^H5066 and came^H935 before the city,^H5892 and encamped^H2583 on the north side^H6828 of Ai:^H5857 now there was a valley^H1516 between him and Ai.^H5857

12 ♥ 📝 And he took^H3947 about five^H2568 thousand^H505 men,^H376 and set^H7760 them in ambush^H693 between Beth-el^H1008 and Ai,^H5857 on the west side^H3220 of the city.^H5857

13 ♥ 📝 So they set^H7760 the people,^H5971 even all the host^H4264 that was on the north^H6828 of the city,^H5892 and their liers-in-wait^H6119 that were on the west^H3220 of the city;^H5892 and Joshua^H3091 went^H3212 that night^H3915 into the midst^H8432 of the valley.^H6010

14 ♥ 📝 And it came to pass, when the king^H4428 of Ai^H5857 saw^H7200 it, that they hasted^H4116 and rose up early,^H7925 and the men^H582 of the city^H5892 went out^H3318 against^H7125 Israel^H3478 to battle,^H4421 he and all his people,^H5971 at the time appointed,^H4150 before^H6440 the Arabah;^H6160 but he knew^H3045 not that there was an ambush^H693 against him behind^H310 the city.^H5892

15 ♥ 📝 And Joshua^H3091 and all Israel^H3478 made as if they were beaten^H5060 before^H6440 them, and fled^H5127 by the way^H1870 of the wilderness.^H4057

16 ♥ 📝 And all the people^H5971 that were in the city^H5857 were called^H2199 together to pursue^H7291 after^H310 them: and they pursued^H7291 after^H310 Joshua,^H3091 and were drawn away^H5423 from the city.^H5892

17 ♥ 📝 And there was not a man^H376 left^H7604 in Ai^H5857 or Beth-el,^H1008 that went not out^H3318 after^H310 Israel:^H3478 and they left^H5800 the city^H5892 open,^H6605 and pursued^H7291 after Israel.^H3478

18 ♥ 📝 And Jehovah^H3068 said^H559 unto Joshua,^H3091 Stretch out^H5186 the javelin^H3591 that is in thy hand^H3027 toward Ai;^H5857 for I will give^H5414 it into thy hand.^H3027 And Joshua^H3091 stretched out^H5186 the javelin^H3591 that was in his hand^H3027 toward the city.^H5892

19 ♥ 📝 And the ambush^H693 arose^H6965 quickly^H4120 out of their place,^H4725 and they ran^H7323 as soon as he had stretched out^H5186 his hand,^H3027 and entered^H935 into the city,^H5892 and took^H3920 it; and they hasted^H4116 and set^H3341 the city^H5892 on fire.^H784

20 ♥ 📝 And when the men^H582 of Ai^H5857 looked^H6437 behind^H310 them, they saw,^H7200 and, behold, the smoke^H6227 of the city^H5892 ascended up^H5927 to heaven,^H8064 and they had no power^H3027 to flee^H5127 this way or that way:^H2008 and the people^H5971 that fled^H5127 to the wilderness^H4057 turned back^H2015 upon the pursuers.^H7291

21 ♥ 📝 And when Joshua^H3091 and all Israel^H3478 saw^H7200 that the ambush^H693 had taken^H3920 the city,^H5892 and that the smoke^H6227 of the city^H5892 ascended,^H5927 then they turned again,^H7725 and slew^H5221 the men^H582 of Ai.^H5857

22 ♥ 📝 And the others^H428 came forth^H3318 out of the city^H5892 against^H7125 them; so they were in the midst^H8432 of Israel,^H3478 some on this side, and some on that side: and they smote^H5221 them, so that^H5704 they let^H7604 none of them remain^H8300 or escape.^H6412

23 ♥ 📝 And the king^H4428 of Ai^H5857 they took^H8610 alive,^H2416 and brought^H7126 him to Joshua.^H3091

24 ♥ 📝 And it came to pass, when Israel^H3478 had made an end^H3615 of slaying^H2026 all the inhabitants^H3427 of Ai^H5857 in the field,^H7704 in the wilderness^H4057 wherein they pursued^H7291 them, and they were all fallen^H5307 by the edge^H6310 of the sword,^H2719 until they were consumed,^H8552 that all Israel^H3478 returned^H7725 unto Ai,^H5857 and smote^H5221 it with the edge^H6310 of the sword.^H2719

25 ♥ 📝 And all that fell^H5307 that day,^H3117 both of men^H376 and women,^H802 were twelve^H8147 thousand,^H505 even all the men^H376 of Ai.^H5857

26 ♥ 📝 For Joshua^H3091 drew^H7725 not back^H7725 his hand,^H3027 wherewith he stretched out^H5186 the javelin,^H3591 until he had utterly destroyed^H2763 all the inhabitants^H3427 of Ai.^H5857

27 ♥ 📝 Only the cattle^H929 and the spoil^H7998 of that city^H5892 Israel^H3478 took for prey^H962 unto themselves, according unto the word^H1697 of Jehovah^H3068 which he commanded^H6680 Joshua.^H3091

28 ♥ 📝 So Joshua^H3091 burnt^H8313 Ai,^H5857 and made^H7760 it a heap^H8510 for ever,^H5769 even a desolation,^H8077 unto this day.^H3117

29 ♥ 📝 And the king^H4428 of Ai^H5857 he hanged^H8518 on a tree^H6086 until the eventide:^H6256 and at the going down^H935 of the sun^H8121 Joshua^H3091 commanded,^H6680 and they took^H3381 his body^H5038 down^H3381 from the tree,^H6086 and cast^H7993 it at the entrance^H6607 of the gate^H8179 of the city,^H5892 and raised^H6965 thereon a great^H1419 heap^H1530 of stones,^H68 unto this day.^H3117

30 ♥ 📝 Then Joshua^H3091 built^H1129 an altar^H4196 unto Jehovah,^H3068 the God^H430 of Israel,^H3478 in mount^H2022 Ebal,^H5858

31 ♥ 📝 as Moses^H4872 the servant^H5650 of Jehovah^H3068 commanded^H6680 the children^H1121 of Israel,^H3478 as it is written^H3789 in the book^H5612 of the law^H8451 of Moses,^H4872 an altar^H4196 of unhewn^H8003 stones,^H68 upon which no man had lifted up^H5130 any iron:^H1270 and they offered^H5927 thereon burnt-offerings^H5930 unto Jehovah,^H3068 and sacrificed^H2076 peace-offerings.^H5930

32 ♥ 📝 And he wrote^H3789 there upon the stones^H68 a copy^H4932 of the law^H8451 of Moses,^H4872 which he wrote,^H3789 in the presence^H6440 of the children^H1121 of Israel.^H3478

33 ♥ 📝 And all Israel,^H3478 and their elders^H2205 and officers,^H7860 and their judges,^H8199 stood^H5975 on this side of the ark^H727 and on that side before the priests^H3548 the Levites,^H3881 that bare^H5375 the ark^H727 of the covenant^H1285 of Jehovah,^H3068 as well the sojourner^H1616 as the homeborn;^H249 half^H2677 of them in^H413 front^H4136 of mount^H2022 Gerizim,^H1630 and half^H2677 of them in front^H4136 of mount^H2022 Ebal;^H5858 as Moses^H4872 the servant^H5650 of Jehovah^H3068 had commanded^H6680 at the first,^H7223 that they should bless^H1288 the people^H5971 of Israel.^H3478

34 ♥ 📝 And afterward^H310 he read^H7121 all the words^H1697 of the law,^H8451 the blessing^H1293 and the curse,^H7045 according to all that is written^H3789 in the book^H5612 of the law.^H8451

35 ♥ 📝 There was not a word^H1697 of all that Moses^H4872 commanded,^H6680 which Joshua^H3091 read^H7121 not before all the assembly^H6951 of Israel,^H3478 and the women,^H802 and the little ones,^H2945 and the sojourners^H1616 that were^H1980 among^H7130 them.