And the Lord [03068] said [0559] unto Joshua [03091], Fear [03372] not, neither be thou dismayed [02865]: take [03947] all the people [05971] of war [04421] with thee, and arise [06965], go up [05927] to Ai [05857]: see [07200], I have given [05414] into thy hand [03027] the king [04428] of Ai [05857], and his people [05971], and his city [05892], and his land [0776]:
And thou shalt do [06213] to Ai [05857] and her king [04428] as thou didst [06213] unto Jericho [03405] and her king [04428]: only the spoil [07998] thereof, and the cattle [0929] thereof, shall ye take for a prey [0962] unto yourselves: lay [07760] thee an ambush [0693] for the city [05892] behind [0310] it.
So Joshua [03091] arose [06965], and all the people [05971] of war [04421], to go up [05927] against Ai [05857]: and Joshua [03091] chose out [0977] thirty [07970] thousand [0505] mighty [01368] men [0376] of valour [02428], and sent them away [07971] by night [03915].
And he commanded [06680] them, saying [0559], Behold [07200], ye shall lie in wait [0693] against the city [05892], even behind [0310] the city [05892]: go [07368] not very [03966] far [07368] from the city [05892], but be ye all ready [03559]:
And I, and all the people [05971] that are with me, will approach [07126] unto the city [05892]: and it shall come to pass, when they come out [03318] against [07125] us, as at the first [07223], that we will flee [05127] before [06440] them,
(For they will come out [03318] after [0310] us) till we have drawn [05423] them from the city [05892]; for they will say [0559], They flee [05127] before [06440] us, as at the first [07223]: therefore we will flee [05127] before [06440] them.drawn: Heb. pulled
Then ye shall rise up [06965] from the ambush [0693], and seize [03423] upon the city [05892]: for the Lord [03068] your God [0430] will deliver [05414] it into your hand [03027].
And it shall be, when ye have taken [08610] the city [05892], that ye shall set [03341] the city [05892] on fire [0784]: according to the commandment [01697] of the Lord [03068] shall ye do [06213]. See [07200], I have commanded [06680] you.
Joshua [03091] therefore sent them forth [07971]: and they went [03212] to lie in ambush [03993], and abode [03427] between Beth–el [01008] and Ai [05857], on the west side [03220] of Ai [05857]: but Joshua [03091] lodged [03885] that night [03915] among [08432] the people [05971].
And Joshua [03091] rose up early [07925] in the morning [01242], and numbered [06485] the people [05971], and went up [05927], he and the elders [02205] of Israel [03478], before [06440] the people [05971] to Ai [05857].
And all the people [05971], even the people of war [04421] that were with him, went up [05927], and drew nigh [05066], and came [0935] before the city [05892], and pitched [02583] on the north side [06828] of Ai [05857]: now there was a valley [01516] between them and Ai [05857].
And he took [03947] about five [02568] thousand [0505] men [0376], and set [07760] them to lie in ambush [0693] between Beth–el [01008] and Ai [05857], on the west side [03220] of the city [05892] [05857].of…: or, of Ai
And when they had set [07760] the people [05971], even all the host [04264] that was on the north [06828] of the city [05892], and their liers in wait [06119] on the west [03220] of the city [05892], Joshua [03091] went [03212] that night [03915] into the midst [08432] of the valley [06010].liers…: Heb. lying in wait
And it came to pass, when the king [04428] of Ai [05857] saw [07200] it, that they hasted [04116] and rose up early [07925], and the men [0582] of the city [05892] went out [03318] against [07125] Israel [03478] to battle [04421], he and all his people [05971], at a time appointed [04150], before [06440] the plain [06160]; but he wist [03045] not that there were liers in ambush [0693] against him behind [0310] the city [05892].
And Joshua [03091] and all Israel [03478] made as if they were beaten [05060] before [06440] them, and fled [05127] by the way [01870] of the wilderness [04057].
And all the people [05971] that were in Ai [05892] [05857] were called [02199] together to pursue [07291] after [0310] them: and they pursued [07291] after [0310] Joshua [03091], and were drawn away [05423] from the city [05892].
And there was not a man [0376] left [07604] in Ai [05857] or Beth–el [01008], that went not out [03318] after [0310] Israel [03478]: and they left [05800] the city [05892] open [06605], and pursued [07291] after Israel [03478].
And the Lord [03068] said [0559] unto Joshua [03091], Stretch out [05186] the spear [03591] that is in thy hand [03027] toward Ai [05857]; for I will give [05414] it into thine hand [03027]. And Joshua [03091] stretched out [05186] the spear [03591] that he had in his hand [03027] toward the city [05892].
And the ambush [0693] arose [06965] quickly [04120] out of their place [04725], and they ran [07323] as soon as he had stretched out [05186] his hand [03027]: and they entered [0935] into the city [05892], and took [03920] it, and hasted [04116] and set [03341] the city [05892] on fire [0784].
And when the men [0582] of Ai [05857] looked [06437] behind [0310] them, they saw [07200], and, behold, the smoke [06227] of the city [05892] ascended up [05927] to heaven [08064], and they had no power [03027] to flee [05127] this way or that way [02008]: and the people [05971] that fled [05127] to the wilderness [04057] turned back [02015] upon the pursuers [07291].power: Heb. hand
And when Joshua [03091] and all Israel [03478] saw [07200] that the ambush [0693] had taken [03920] the city [05892], and that the smoke [06227] of the city [05892] ascended [05927], then they turned again [07725], and slew [05221] the men [0582] of Ai [05857].
And the other [0428] issued out [03318] of the city [05892] against [07125] them; so they were in the midst [08432] of Israel [03478], some on this side, and some on that side: and they smote [05221] them, so that [05704] they let [07604] none of them remain [08300] or escape [06412].
And the king [04428] of Ai [05857] they took [08610] alive [02416], and brought [07126] him to Joshua [03091].
And it came to pass, when Israel [03478] had made an end [03615] of slaying [02026] all the inhabitants [03427] of Ai [05857] in the field [07704], in the wilderness [04057] wherein they chased [07291] them, and when they were all fallen [05307] on the edge [06310] of the sword [02719], until they were consumed [08552], that all the Israelites [03478] returned [07725] unto Ai [05857], and smote [05221] it with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719].
And so it was, that all that fell [05307] that day [03117], both of men [0376] and women [0802], were twelve [06240] [08147] thousand [0505], even all the men [0582] of Ai [05857].
For Joshua [03091] drew [07725] not his hand [03027] back [07725], wherewith he stretched out [05186] the spear [03591], until he had utterly destroyed [02763] all the inhabitants [03427] of Ai [05857].
Only the cattle [0929] and the spoil [07998] of that city [05892] Israel [03478] took for a prey [0962] unto themselves, according unto the word [01697] of the Lord [03068] which he commanded [06680] Joshua [03091].
And Joshua [03091] burnt [08313] Ai [05857], and made [07760] it an heap [08510] for ever [05769], even a desolation [08077] unto this day [03117].
And the king [04428] of Ai [05857] he hanged [08518] on a tree [06086] until eventide [06153] [06256]: and as soon as the sun [08121] was down [0935], Joshua [03091] commanded [06680] that they should take [03381] his carcase [05038] down [03381] from the tree [06086], and cast [07993] it at the entering [06607] of the gate [08179] of the city [05892], and raise [06965] thereon a great [01419] heap [01530] of stones [068], that remaineth unto this day [03117].
Then Joshua [03091] built [01129] an altar [04196] unto the Lord [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478] in mount [02022] Ebal [05858],
As Moses [04872] the servant [05650] of the Lord [03068] commanded [06680] the children [01121] of Israel [03478], as it is written [03789] in the book [05612] of the law [08451] of Moses [04872], an altar [04196] of whole [08003] stones [068], over which no man hath lift up [05130] any iron [01270]: and they offered [05927] thereon burnt offerings [05930] unto the Lord [03068], and sacrificed [02076] peace offerings [08002].
And he wrote [03789] there upon the stones [068] a copy [04932] of the law [08451] of Moses [04872], which he wrote [03789] in the presence [06440] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478].
And all Israel [03478], and their elders [02205], and officers [07860], and their judges [08199], stood [05975] on this side the ark [0727] and on that side before the priests [03548] the Levites [03881], which bare [05375] the ark [0727] of the covenant [01285] of the Lord [03068], as well the stranger [01616], as he that was born [0249] among them; half [02677] of them over [0413] against [04136] mount [02022] Gerizim [01630], and half [02677] of them over against [04136] mount [02022] Ebal [05858]; as Moses [04872] the servant [05650] of the Lord [03068] had commanded [06680] before [07223], that they should bless [01288] the people [05971] of Israel [03478].
And afterward [0310] he read [07121] all the words [01697] of the law [08451], the blessings [01293] and cursings [07045], according to all that is written [03789] in the book [05612] of the law [08451].
There was not a word [01697] of all that Moses [04872] commanded [06680], which Joshua [03091] read [07121] not before all the congregation [06951] of Israel [03478], with the women [0802], and the little ones [02945], and the strangers [01616] that were conversant [01980] among [07130] them.were…: Heb. walked