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Joshua 8:3 (ESV) English Standard Version

1 And the LORD said to Joshua, "Do not fear and do not be dismayed. Take all the fighting men with you, and arise, go up to Ai. See, I have given into your hand the king of Ai, and his people, his city, and his land.
2 And you shall do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king. Only its spoil and its livestock you shall take as plunder for yourselves. Lay an ambush against the city, behind it."
3 So Joshua and all the fighting men arose to go up to Ai. And Joshua chose 30,000 mighty men of valor and sent them out by night.
4 And he commanded them, "Behold, you shall lie in ambush against the city, behind it. Do not go very far from the city, but all of you remain ready.
5 And I and all the people who are with me will approach the city. And when they come out against us just as before, we shall flee before them.
6 And they will come out after us, until we have drawn them away from the city. For they will say, 'They are fleeing from us, just as before.' So we will flee before them.
7 Then you shall rise up from the ambush and seize the city, for the LORD your God will give it into your hand.
8 And as soon as you have taken the city, you shall set the city on fire. You shall do according to the word of the Lord. See, I have commanded you."
9 So Joshua sent them out. And they went to the place of ambush and lay between Bethel and Ai, to the west of Ai, but Joshua spent that night among the people.
10 Joshua arose early in the morning and mustered the people and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.
11 And all the fighting men who were with him went up and drew near before the city and encamped on the north side of Ai, with a ravine between them and Ai.
12 He took about 5,000 men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.
13 So they stationed the forces, the main encampment that was north of the city and its rear guard west of the city. But Joshua spent that night in the valley.
14 And as soon as the king of Ai saw this, he and all his people, the men of the city, hurried and went out early to the appointed place toward the Arabah to meet Israel in battle. But he did not know that there was an ambush against him behind the city.
15 And Joshua and all Israel pretended to be beaten before them and fled in the direction of the wilderness.
16 So all the people who were in the city were called together to pursue them, and as they pursued Joshua they were drawn away from the city.
17 Not a man was left in Ai or Bethel who did not go out after Israel. They left the city open and pursued Israel.
18 Then the LORD said to Joshua, "Stretch out the javelin that is in your hand toward Ai, for I will give it into your hand." And Joshua stretched out the javelin that was in his hand toward the city.
19 And the men in the ambush rose quickly out of their place, and as soon as he had stretched out his hand, they ran and entered the city and captured it. And they hurried to set the city on fire.
20 So when the men of Ai looked back, behold, the smoke of the city went up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that, for the people who fled to the wilderness turned back against the pursuers.
21 And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had captured the city, and that the smoke of the city went up, then they turned back and struck down the men of Ai.
22 And the others came out from the city against them, so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side. And Israel struck them down, until there was left none that survived or escaped.
23 But the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him near to Joshua.
24 When Israel had finished killing all the inhabitants of Ai in the open wilderness where they pursued them, and all of them to the very last had fallen by the edge of the sword, all Israel returned to Ai and struck it down with the edge of the sword.
25 And all who fell that day, both men and women, were 12,000, all the people of Ai.
26 But Joshua did not draw back his hand with which he stretched out the javelin until he had devoted all the inhabitants of Ai to destruction.
27 Only the livestock and the spoil of that city Israel took as their plunder, according to the word of the LORD that he commanded Joshua.
28 So Joshua burned Ai and made it forever a heap of ruins, as it is to this day.
29 And he hanged the king of Ai on a tree until evening. And at sunset Joshua commanded, and they took his body down from the tree and threw it at the entrance of the gate of the city and raised over it a great heap of stones, which stands there to this day.
30 At that time Joshua built an altar to the LORD, the God of Israel, on Mount Ebal,
31 just as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded the people of Israel, as it is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, "an altar of uncut stones, upon which no man has wielded an iron tool." And they offered on it burnt offerings to the LORD and sacrificed peace offerings.
32 And there, in the presence of the people of Israel, he wrote on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he had written.
33 And all Israel, sojourner as well as native born, with their elders and officers and their judges, stood on opposite sides of the ark before the Levitical priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, half of them in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, just as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded at the first, to bless the people of Israel.
34 And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessing and the curse, according to all that is written in the Book of the Law.
35 There was not a word of all that Moses commanded that Joshua did not read before all the assembly of Israel, and the women, and the little ones, and the sojourners who lived among them.
1 And the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 Joshua, H3091 Fear H3372 not, H408 neither H408 be thou dismayed: H2865 take H3947 H853 all H3605 the people H5971 of war H4421 with H5973 thee , and arise, H6965 go up H5927 to Ai: H5857 see, H7200 I have given H5414 into thy hand H3027 H853 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 H834 thou didst H6213 unto Jericho H3405 and her king: H4428 only H7535 the spoil H7998 thereof , and the cattle H929 thereof , shall ye take for a prey H962 unto yourselves: lay H7760 thee an ambush H693 for the city H5892 behind H4480 H310 it.
3 So Joshua H3091 arose, H6965 and all H3605 the people H5971 of war, H4421 to go up H5927 against Ai: H5857 and Joshua H3091 chose out H977 thirty H7970 thousand H505 mighty H1368 men H376 of valor, H2428 and sent them away H7971 by night. H3915
4 And he commanded H6680 them, saying, H559 Behold, H7200 ye H859 shall lie in wait H693 against the city, H5892 even behind H4480 H310 the city: H5892 go H7368 not H408 very H3966 far from H4480 the city, H5892 but be H1961 ye all H3605 ready: H3559
5 And I, H589 and all H3605 the people H5971 that H834 are with H854 me , will approach H7126 unto H413 the city: H5892 and it shall come to pass, H1961 when H3588 they come out H3318 against H7125 us, as H834 at the first, H7223 that we will flee H5127 before H6440 them,
6 (For they will come out H3318 after H310 us) till H5704 we have drawn H5423 them from H4480 the city; H5892 for H3588 they will say, H559 They flee H5127 before H6440 us, as H834 at the first: H7223 therefore we will flee H5127 before H6440 them.
7 Then ye H859 shall rise up H6965 from the ambush H4480 H693 , and seize upon H3423 H853 the city: H5892 for the LORD H3068 your God H430 will deliver H5414 it into your hand. H3027
8 And it shall be, H1961 when ye have taken H8610 H853 the city, H5892 that ye shall set H3341 H853 the city H5892 on fire: H784 according to the commandment H1697 of the LORD H3068 shall ye do. H6213 See, H7200 I have commanded H6680 you.
9 Joshua H3091 therefore sent them forth: H7971 and they went H1980 to H413 lie in ambush, H3993 and abode H3427 between H996 Bethel H1008 and Ai, H5857 on the west side H4480 H3220 of Ai: H5857 but Joshua H3091 lodged H3885 that H1931 night H3915 among H8432 the people. H5971
10 And Joshua H3091 rose up early H7925 in the morning, H1242 and numbered H6485 H853 the people, H5971 and went up, H5927 he H1931 and the elders H2205 of Israel, H3478 before H6440 the people H5971 to Ai. H5857
11 And all H3605 the people, H5971 even the people of war H4421 that H834 were with H854 him , went up, H5927 and drew nigh, H5066 and came H935 before H5048 the city, H5892 and pitched H2583 on the north side H4480 H6828 of Ai: H5857 now there was a valley H1516 between H996 them and Ai. H5857
12 And he took H3947 about five H2568 thousand H505 men, H376 and set H7760 them to lie in ambush H693 between H996 Bethel H1008 and Ai, H5857 on the west side H4480 H3220 of the city. H5892
13 And when they had set H7760 the people, H5971 even H853 all H3605 the host H4264 that H834 was on the north H4480 H6828 of the city, H5892 and their liers in wait H6119 on the west H4480 H3220 of the city, H5892 Joshua H3091 went H1980 that H1931 night H3915 into the midst H8432 of the valley. H6010
14 And it came to pass, H1961 when the king H4428 of Ai H5857 saw H7200 it , that they hasted H4116 and rose up early, H7925 and the men H376 of the city H5892 went out H3318 against H7125 Israel H3478 to battle, H4421 he H1931 and all H3605 his people, H5971 at a time appointed, H4150 before H6440 the plain; H6160 but he H1931 knew H3045 not H3808 that H3588 there were liers in ambush H693 against him behind H4480 H310 the city. H5892
15 And Joshua H3091 and all H3605 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 H3605 the people H5971 that H834 were in Ai H5857 were called together H2199 to pursue H7291 after H310 them : and they pursued H7291 after H310 Joshua, H3091 and were drawn away H5423 from H4480 the city. H5892
17 And there was not H3808 a man H376 left H7604 in Ai H5857 or Bethel, H1008 that H834 went not out H3318 H3808 after H310 Israel: H3478 and they left H5800 H853 the city H5892 open, H6605 and pursued H7291 after H310 Israel. H3478
18 And the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 Joshua, H3091 Stretch out H5186 the spear H3591 that H834 is in thy hand H3027 toward H413 Ai; H5857 for H3588 I will give H5414 it into thine hand. H3027 And Joshua H3091 stretched out H5186 the spear H3591 that H834 he had in his hand H3027 toward H413 the city. H5892
19 And the ambush H693 arose H6965 quickly H4120 out of their place H4480 H4725 , and they ran H7323 as soon as he had stretched out H5186 his hand: H3027 and they entered H935 into the city, H5892 and took H3920 it , and hasted H4116 and set H3341 H853 the city H5892 on fire. H784
20 And when the men H376 of Ai H5857 looked H6437 behind H310 them , they saw, H7200 and, behold, H2009 the smoke H6227 of the city H5892 ascended up H5927 to heaven, H8064 and they had H1961 no H3808 power H3027 to flee H5127 this way H2008 or that way: H2008 and the people H5971 that fled H5127 to the wilderness H4057 turned back H2015 upon H413 the pursuers. H7291
21 And when Joshua H3091 and all H3605 Israel H3478 saw H7200 that H3588 the ambush H693 had taken H3920 H853 the city, H5892 and that H3588 the smoke H6227 of the city H5892 ascended, H5927 then they turned again, H7725 and slew H5221 H853 the men H376 of Ai. H5857
22 And the other H428 issued out H3318 of H4480 the city H5892 against H7125 them ; so they were H1961 in the midst H8432 of Israel, H3478 some H428 on this side H4480 H2088 , and some H428 on that side H4480 H2088 : and they smote H5221 them, so H5704 that they let none H1115 of them remain H7604 or escape. H6412
23 And the king H4428 of Ai H5857 they took H8610 alive, H2416 and brought H7126 him to H413 Joshua. H3091
24 And it came to pass, H1961 when Israel H3478 had made an end H3615 of slaying H2026 H853 all H3605 the inhabitants H3427 of Ai H5857 in the field, H7704 in the wilderness H4057 wherein H834 they chased H7291 them , and when they were all H3605 fallen H5307 on the edge H6310 of the sword, H2719 until H5704 they were consumed, H8552 that all H3605 the Israelites H3478 returned H7725 unto Ai, H5857 and smote H5221 it with the edge H6310 of the sword. H2719
25 And so it was, H1961 that all H3605 that fell H5307 that H1931 day, H3117 both of men H4480 H376 and women, H802 were twelve H8147 H6240 thousand, H505 even all H3605 the men H376 of Ai. H5857
26 For Joshua H3091 drew H7725 not H3808 his hand H3027 back, wherewith H834 he stretched out H5186 the spear, H3591 until H5704 H834 he had utterly destroyed H2763 H853 all H3605 the inhabitants H3427 of Ai. H5857
27 Only H7535 the cattle H929 and the spoil H7998 of that H1931 city H5892 Israel H3478 took for a prey H962 unto themselves , according unto the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 which H834 he commanded H6680 H853 Joshua. H3091
28 And Joshua H3091 burnt H8313 H853 Ai, H5857 and made H7760 it a heap H8510 forever, H5769 even a desolation H8077 unto H5704 this H2088 day. H3117
29 And the king H4428 of Ai H5857 he hanged H8518 on H5921 a tree H6086 until H5704 eventide H6256 H6153 : and as soon as the sun H8121 was down, H935 Joshua H3091 commanded H6680 that they should take his carcass down H3381 H853 H5038 from H4480 the tree, H6086 and cast H7993 it at H413 the entering H6607 of the gate H8179 of the city, H5892 and raise H6965 thereon H5921 a great H1419 heap H1530 of stones, H68 that remaineth unto H5704 this H2088 day. H3117
30 Then H227 Joshua H3091 built H1129 an altar H4196 unto the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 in mount H2022 Ebal, H5858
31 As H834 Moses H4872 the servant H5650 of the Lord H3068 commanded H6680 H853 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 whole H8003 stones, H68 over H5921 which H834 no H3808 man hath lifted up H5130 any iron: H1270 and they offered H5927 thereon H5921 burnt offerings H5930 unto the LORD, H3068 and sacrificed H2076 peace offerings. H8002
32 And he wrote H3789 there H8033 upon H5921 the stones H68 H853 a copy H4932 of the law H8451 of Moses, H4872 which H834 he wrote H3789 in the presence H6440 of the children H1121 of Israel. H3478
33 And all H3605 Israel, H3478 and their elders, H2205 and officers, H7860 and their judges, H8199 stood H5975 on this side H4480 H2088 the ark H727 and on that side H4480 H2088 before H5048 the priests H3548 the Levites, H3881 which bore H5375 the ark H727 of the covenant H1285 of the LORD, H3068 as well the stranger, H1616 as he that was born among them; H249 half H2677 of them over H413 against H4136 mount H2022 Gerizim, H1630 and half H2677 of them over H413 against H4136 mount H2022 Ebal; H5858 as H834 Moses H4872 the servant H5650 of the Lord H3068 had commanded H6680 before, H7223 that they should bless H1288 H853 the people H5971 of Israel. H3478
34 And afterward H310 H3651 he read H7121 H853 all H3605 the words H1697 of the law, H8451 the blessings H1293 and cursings, H7045 according to all H3605 that is written H3789 in the book H5612 of the law. H8451
35 There was H1961 not H3808 a word H1697 of all H4480 H3605 that H834 Moses H4872 commanded, H6680 which H834 Joshua H3091 read H7121 not H3808 before H5048 all H3605 the congregation H6951 of Israel, H3478 with the women, H802 and the little H2945 ones , and the strangers H1616 that were conversant H1980 among H7130 them.
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