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1 # And the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799) unto Joshua <03091>, Fear <03372> (8799) not, neither be thou dismayed <02865> (8735): take <03947> (8798) all the people <05971> of war <04421> with thee, and arise <06965> (8798), go up <05927> (8798) to Ai <05857>: see <07200> (8798), I have given <05414> (8804) into thy hand <03027> the king <04428> of Ai <05857>, and his people <05971>, and his city <05892>, and his land <0776>:
2 And thou shalt do <06213> (8804) to Ai <05857> and her king <04428> as thou didst <06213> (8804) unto Jericho <03405> and her king <04428>: only the spoil <07998> thereof, and the cattle <0929> thereof, shall ye take for a prey <0962> (8799) unto yourselves: lay <07760> (8798) thee an ambush <0693> (8802) for the city <05892> behind <0310> it.
3 # So Joshua <03091> arose <06965> (8799), and all the people <05971> of war <04421>, to go up <05927> (8800) against Ai <05857>: and Joshua <03091> chose out <0977> (8799) thirty <07970> thousand <0505> mighty <01368> men <0376> of valour <02428>, and sent them away <07971> (8799) by night <03915>.
4 And he commanded <06680> (8762) them, saying <0559> (8800), Behold <07200> (8798), ye shall lie in wait <0693> (8802) against the city <05892>, even behind <0310> the city <05892>: go <07368> <00> not very <03966> far <07368> (8686) from the city <05892>, but be ye all ready <03559> (8737):
5 And I, and all the people <05971> that are with me, will approach <07126> (8799) unto the city <05892>: and it shall come to pass, when they come out <03318> (8799) against <07125> (8800) us, as at the first <07223>, that we will flee <05127> (8804) before <06440> them,
6 (For they will come out <03318> (8804) after <0310> us) till we have drawn <05423> (8687) them from the city <05892>; for they will say <0559> (8799), They flee <05127> (8801) before <06440> us, as at the first <07223>: therefore we will flee <05127> (8804) before <06440> them.
7 Then ye shall rise up <06965> (8799) from the ambush <0693> (8802), and seize <03423> (8689) upon the city <05892>: for the LORD <03068> your God <0430> will deliver <05414> (8804) it into your hand <03027>.
8 And it shall be, when ye have taken <08610> (8800) the city <05892>, that ye shall set <03341> (8686) the city <05892> on fire <0784>: according to the commandment <01697> of the LORD <03068> shall ye do <06213> (8799). See <07200> (8798), I have commanded <06680> (8765) you.
9 Joshua <03091> therefore sent them forth <07971> (8799): and they went <03212> (8799) to lie in ambush <03993>, and abode <03427> (8799) between Bethel <01008> and Ai <05857>, on the west side <03220> of Ai <05857>: but Joshua <03091> lodged <03885> (8799) that night <03915> among <08432> the people <05971>.
10 And Joshua <03091> rose up early <07925> (8686) in the morning <01242>, and numbered <06485> (8799) the people <05971>, and went up <05927> (8799), he and the elders <02205> of Israel <03478>, before <06440> the people <05971> to Ai <05857>.
11 And all the people <05971>, even the people of war <04421> that were with him, went up <05927> (8804), and drew nigh <05066> (8799), and came <0935> (8799) before the city <05892>, and pitched <02583> (8799) on the north side <06828> of Ai <05857>: now there was a valley <01516> between them and Ai <05857>.
12 And he took <03947> (8799) about five <02568> thousand <0505> men <0376>, and set <07760> (8799) them to lie in ambush <0693> (8802) between Bethel <01008> and Ai <05857>, on the west side <03220> of the city <05857> (8675) <05892>.
13 And when they had set <07760> (8799) 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> (8799) that night <03915> into the midst <08432> of the valley <06010>.
14 And it came to pass, when the king <04428> of Ai <05857> saw <07200> (8800) it, that they hasted <04116> (8762) and rose up early <07925> (8686), and the men <0582> of the city <05892> went out <03318> (8799) against <07125> (8800) 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> (8804) not that there were liers in ambush <0693> (8802) against him behind <0310> the city <05892>.
15 And Joshua <03091> and all Israel <03478> made as if they were beaten <05060> (8735) before <06440> them, and fled <05127> (8799) by the way <01870> of the wilderness <04057>.
16 And all the people <05971> that were in Ai <05857> (8675) <05892> were called <02199> (8735) together to pursue <07291> (8800) after <0310> them: and they pursued <07291> (8799) after <0310> Joshua <03091> , and were drawn away <05423> (8735) from the city <05892>.
17 And there was not a man <0376> left <07604> (8738) in Ai <05857> or Bethel <01008>, that went not out <03318> (8804) after <0310> Israel <03478>: and they left <05800> (8799) the city <05892> open <06605> (8803), and pursued <07291> (8799) after Israel <03478>.
18 And the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799) unto Joshua <03091>, Stretch out <05186> (8798) the spear <03591> that is in thy hand <03027> toward Ai <05857>; for I will give <05414> (8799) it into thine hand <03027>. And Joshua <03091> stretched out <05186> (8799) the spear <03591> that he had in his hand <03027> toward the city <05892> .
19 And the ambush <0693> (8802) arose <06965> (8804) quickly <04120> out of their place <04725>, and they ran <07323> (8799) as soon as he had stretched out <05186> (8800) his hand <03027>: and they entered <0935> (8799) into the city <05892>, and took <03920> (8799) it, and hasted <04116> (8762) and set <03341> (8686) the city <05892> on fire <0784>.
20 And when the men <0582> of Ai <05857> looked <06437> (8799) behind <0310> them, they saw <07200> (8799), and, behold, the smoke <06227> of the city <05892> ascended up <05927> (8804) to heaven <08064>, and they had no power <03027> to flee <05127> (8800) this way or that way <02008>: and the people <05971> that fled <05127> (8801) to the wilderness <04057> turned back <02015> (8738) upon the pursuers <07291> (8802).
21 And when Joshua <03091> and all Israel <03478> saw <07200> (8804) that the ambush <0693> (8802) had taken <03920> (8804) the city <05892>, and that the smoke <06227> of the city <05892> ascended <05927> (8804), then they turned again <07725> (8799), and slew <05221> (8686) the men <0582> of Ai <05857>.
22 And the other <0428> issued out <03318> (8804) of the city <05892> against <07125> (8800) them; so they were in the midst <08432> of Israel <03478>, some on this side, and some on that side: and they smote <05221> (8686) them, so that <05704> they let <07604> (8689) none of them remain <08300> or escape <06412>.
23 # And the king <04428> of Ai <05857> they took <08610> (8804) alive <02416>, and brought <07126> (8686) him to Joshua <03091>.
24 And it came to pass, when Israel <03478> had made an end <03615> (8763) of slaying <02026> (8800) all the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of Ai <05857> in the field <07704>, in the wilderness <04057> wherein they chased <07291> (8804) them, and when they were all fallen <05307> (8799) on the edge <06310> of the sword <02719>, until they were consumed <08552> (8800), that all the Israelites <03478> returned <07725> (8799) unto Ai <05857>, and smote <05221> (8686) it with the edge <06310> of the sword <02719>.
25 And so it was, that all that fell <05307> (8802) that day <03117>, both of men <0376> and women <0802> , were twelve <08147> <06240> thousand <0505>, even all the men <0582> of Ai <05857>.
26 For Joshua <03091> drew <07725> <00> not his hand <03027> back <07725> (8689), wherewith he stretched out <05186> (8804) the spear <03591>, until he had utterly destroyed <02763> (8689) all the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of Ai <05857>.
27 Only the cattle <0929> and the spoil <07998> of that city <05892> Israel <03478> took for a prey <0962> (8804) unto themselves, according unto the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> which he commanded <06680> (8765) Joshua <03091>.
28 And Joshua <03091> burnt <08313> (8799) Ai <05857>, and made <07760> (8799) it an heap <08510> for ever <05769>, even a desolation <08077> unto this day <03117>.
29 And the king <04428> of Ai <05857> he hanged <08518> (8804) on a tree <06086> until eventide <06256> <06153>: and as soon as the sun <08121> was down <0935> (8800), Joshua <03091> commanded <06680> (8765) that they should take <03381> <00> his carcase <05038> down <03381> (8686) from the tree <06086>, and cast <07993> (8686) it at the entering <06607> of the gate <08179> of the city <05892>, and raise <06965> (8686) thereon a great <01419> heap <01530> of stones <068>, that remaineth unto this day <03117>.
30 # Then Joshua <03091> built <01129> (8799) an altar <04196> unto the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> in mount <02022> Ebal <05858>,
31 As Moses <04872> the servant <05650> of the LORD <03068> commanded <06680> (8765) the children <01121> of Israel <03478>, as it is written <03789> (8803) 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> (8689) any iron <01270>: and they offered <05927> (8686) thereon burnt offerings <05930> unto the LORD <03068>, and sacrificed <02076> (8799) peace offerings <08002> .
32 And he wrote <03789> (8799) there upon the stones <068> a copy <04932> of the law <08451> of Moses <04872> , which he wrote <03789> (8804) in the presence <06440> of the children <01121> of Israel <03478>.
33 And all Israel <03478>, and their elders <02205>, and officers <07860> (8802), and their judges <08199> (8802), stood <05975> (8802) on this side the ark <0727> and on that side before the priests <03548> the Levites <03881>, which bare <05375> (8802) 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> (8765) before <07223>, that they should bless <01288> (8763) the people <05971> of Israel <03478>.
34 And afterward <0310> he read <07121> (8804) all the words <01697> of the law <08451>, the blessings <01293> and cursings <07045>, according to all that is written <03789> (8803) in the book <05612> of the law <08451>.
35 There was not a word <01697> of all that Moses <04872> commanded <06680> (8765), which Joshua <03091> read <07121> (8804) 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> (8802) among <07130> them.