Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
Then
the
LORD
said
to
Joshua, “Do
not be afraid
or
discouraged.
Take the
whole
army
with you
, and go up and
attack
Ai .
See, I have delivered
into your
hand the king of Ai, his people, his city, and his land .
And
Jehovah
saith
unto
Joshua, `Fear
not ,
nor
be affrighted,
take with thee
all
the
people
of
war
, and rise,
go up to
Ai ;
see, I have given
into thy
hand the king of Ai, and
his people, and
his city, and his land ,
And you
shall
do
to Ai and its
king as you
did
to Jericho and its
king, except
that
you
may
carry
off
their
plunder
and livestock
for yourselves .
Set up
an ambush behind
the city. ”
and thou
hast
done
to Ai and to
her
king as thou
hast
done
to Jericho and to
her
king ;
only
, its
spoil
and its
cattle
ye
spoil
for yourselves ;
set for
thee
an ambush for
the city at
its
rear
. '
So
Joshua and the whole
army
set
out
to attack
Ai .
Joshua chose
30
, 000
mighty men
of valor
and sent
them out
at
night
And
Joshua riseth,
and all
the people
of
war,
to go
up
to
Ai ,
and
Joshua chooseth
thirty
thousand
men
, mighty ones
of valour,
and sendeth
them away
by
night ,
with
these
orders:
“Pay
attention.
You
are to
lie
in ambush
behind
the city, not too
far from it.
All of you must
be
ready.
and
commandeth
them,
saying,
`See,
ye
are liers
in wait
against
the city, at
the
rear
of
the
city,
ye
go
not very
far off
from the
city,
and
all of you have
been
prepared,
Then
I and all the troops
with me will
advance
on
the city .
When they come out against
us as they
did
the first time
, we will
flee
from
them .
and
I and all the people
who
`are'
with me draw
near
unto
the city ,
and
it
hath
come
to
pass
when they come out to
meet
us as at
the first, and
we have
fled
before
them ,
They will
pursue
us until
we have drawn them away
from
the city, for they will
say, ‘The
Israelites
are
running
away
from
us
as
they did
before .’
So
as we flee
from
them,
and
they have
come
out
after
us till
we have drawn them out
of
the city, for they say, They are
fleeing
before us
as at
the
first,
and
we have
fled
before
them,
you
are
to
rise from the ambush and seize
the city, for
the
LORD
your God will
deliver
it into your hand .
and
ye
rise from the ambush ,
and have
occupied
the city, and
Jehovah
your God hath
given
it into your hand ;
And when you
have
taken
the city, set
it
on
fire .
Do
as
the LORD
has
commanded!
See, I have given
you orders
. ”
and it
hath
been,
when ye
capture
the city, ye
burn
the
city
with
fire ,
according
to
the word
of
Jehovah
ye
do,
see, I have commanded
you. '
So
Joshua sent
them out
, and they went
to
the place
of
ambush and lay
in
wait
between Bethel and Ai, to
the west of Ai .
But
Joshua spent
that night among
the people.
And
Joshua sendeth
them away
, and they go
unto
the ambush ,
and abide
between Bethel and Ai, on
the west of Ai ;
and
Joshua lodgeth
on
that night in
the midst
of
the
people.
Joshua got
up
early the next
morning and mobilized
his
men
, and he and the elders of Israel marched
before them
up
to Ai .
And
Joshua riseth
early in
the morning ,
and inspecteth
the
people
, and goeth
up,
he and the elders of Israel ,
before the
people
to Ai ;
Then
all the troops
who were
with him marched
up and approached
the city .
They
arrived
in
front
of
Ai
and camped
to
the north of it,
with
the valley between them
and the
city
.
and
all the people
of
war
who `are'
with him have
gone
up ,
and draw
nigh
and
come
in
over-against
the city ,
and encamp
on
the north of Ai;
and
the valley `is'
between him
and Ai
.
Now
Joshua
had
taken
about five thousand men and set
up
an ambush between Bethel and Ai, to
the west of the city .
And
he
taketh
about five thousand men ,
and setteth
them
an ambush between Bethel and Ai, on
the west of the city ;
So
the forces
were
stationed
with
the main
camp to
the north of the city and the
rear guard
to
the west of the city .
And that night Joshua
went
into the valley.
and
they
set
the people,
all
the camp which
`is'
on
the north of the city ,
and its
rear on
the west of the city ,
and Joshua
goeth
on
that night into the midst
of
the
valley.
When the king of Ai saw
the
Israelites
, he
hurried
out
early in
the
morning
with
the men of the city to engage
them
in
battle at an
appointed place
overlooking
the Arabah.
But
he did
not know
that an ambush had
been
set
up
against him behind
the city.
And
it
cometh
to
pass,
when the king of Ai seeth
`it'
, that
hasten,
and
rise
early ,
and
go
out
do
the men of the city to meet
Israel
for
battle ,
he
and
all
his
people,
at the
appointed season,
at
the front
of
the
plain,
and
he hath
not known
that an ambush `is'
against him ,
on
the rear
of
the
city.
Joshua and all Israel let
themselves
be
beaten
back
before them, and they
fled
toward
the wilderness .
And
Joshua and all Israel `seem'
stricken
before them, and flee
the way
of
the
wilderness ,
Then
all the men
of
Ai
were
summoned
to pursue them, and they followed
Joshua and were
drawn away from
the city .
and
all the people
who
`are'
in
the
city
are
called
to pursue after
them, and they pursue
after
Joshua ,
and are
drawn away out
of
the city ,
Not a man was
left
in Ai or
Bethel who did
not go
out after Israel, leaving
the city wide
open while
they
pursued
Israel.
and
there
hath
not been
left
a man in Ai and
Bethel who hath
not gone
out after Israel, and
they
leave
the city open ,
and
pursue
after
Israel.
Then
the
LORD
said
to
Joshua, “Hold
out your
battle
lance
toward
Ai, for into your
hand I will
deliver
the
city.”
So
Joshua held
out his battle
lance
toward Ai
,
And
Jehovah
saith
unto
Joshua, `Stretch
out with
the
javelin
which
`is'
in
thy
hand
towards
Ai, for into thy
hand I give
it;'
and
Joshua stretcheth
out with
the
javelin
which
`is'
in
his hand
toward the
city
,
and as
soon
as
he
did
so,
the men
in
ambush rose
quickly
from
their
position.
They rushed
forward
, entered
the city, captured
it, and immediately
set
it
on
fire.
and the ambush hath
risen
`with'
haste,
out
of
its
place,
and
they run
at
the
stretching
out
of
his
hand
, and
go
into
the city, and
capture
it, and hasten,
and
burn
the
city
with
fire.
When
the men of Ai turned
and looked
back
, the smoke of the city was
rising
into
the sky.
They
could
not escape
in any
direction,
and the troops
who had
fled
to the wilderness now
became
the pursuers.
And
the men of Ai look
behind
them,
and see
, and
lo,
the smoke of the city hath
gone
up
unto
the heavens,
and
there
hath
not been
in them
power
to
flee
hither
and thither
--
and
the people
who are
fleeing
to the wilderness have
turned
against
the pursuer,
--
When
Joshua and all Israel saw
that the men
in
ambush had
captured the city and that smoke was
rising
from
it
, they turned
around
and struck
down
the men of Ai .
and
Joshua and all Israel have
seen
that the ambush hath
captured the city ,
and that the
smoke of
the
city
hath
gone
up
, and
they turn
back
and smite
the men of Ai ;
Meanwhile,
those
in
the
ambush
came
out of
the city against
them, and the men
of Ai
were
trapped
between
the
Israelite
forces
on
both
sides.
So
Israel struck
them down
until
no
survivor
or
fugitive
remained.
and
these
have
come
out from
the city to
meet
them, and they
are
in
the midst
of Israel ,
some
on
this
side,
and
some
on
that,
and
they
smite
them till
he
hath
not
left
to
them
a
remnant
and
escaped
one;
But
they
took
the king of Ai alive and brought
him to
Joshua.
and
the king of Ai they
caught
alive ,
and bring
him near
unto
Joshua.
When
Israel
had
finished
killing
all the men
of Ai who
had
pursued
them
into
the field and
wilderness
, and when
every
last
one
of them had
fallen
by the sword, all the
Israelites
returned
to Ai and put
it to
the sword as
well.
And
it
cometh
to
pass,
at
Israel's
finishing
to
slay
all the inhabitants
of Ai in
the field, in
the
wilderness
in
which
they
pursued
them
(
and they
fall
all
of them by the mouth
of
the
sword till
their
consumption)
, that
all Israel
turn
back
to Ai ,
and smite
it by
the mouth
of
the
sword ;
A
total
of twelve
thousand
men and women fell
that
day—
all the
people
of Ai.
and
all
who
fall
during
the
day,
of men and of
women ,
are
twelve
thousand
--
all men
of Ai.
Joshua did
not draw
back the
hand that held
his
battle
lance
until
he had
devoted to
destruction
all who
lived
in
Ai .
And
Joshua hath
not brought
back his
hand which
he
stretched
out
with
the
javelin
till
that he hath
devoted all the
inhabitants
of
Ai ;
Israel
took
for
themselves
only the cattle and plunder
of that city, as
the LORD
had
commanded Joshua.
only ,
the cattle and the
spoil
of that city have
Israel
spoiled
for
themselves
, according
to
the word
of
Jehovah
which
He
commanded Joshua.
So
Joshua burned
Ai and made
it a permanent
heap of
ruins,
a desolation to
this day .
And
Joshua burneth
Ai ,
and maketh
it a heap age-during
--
a desolation unto
this day ;
He
hung
the king of Ai on a
tree until
evening
, and at sunset
Joshua commanded that
they take down the
body
from the tree and throw
it down
at
the entrance
of the city
gate .
And over it they
raised
a large
pile
of rocks,
which
remains
to
this day.
and
the king of Ai he
hath
hanged
on the
tree till
even-time
, and at the
going
in
of
the
sun
hath
Joshua commanded ,
and
they take down his
carcase
from the tree ,
and cast
it unto
the opening
of the gate of
the
city,
and raise
over it a great
heap
of stones
till
this day.
At
that
time
Joshua built
an altar on
Mount
Ebal
to the
LORD
, the
God of Israel,
Then
doth
Joshua build
an altar to Jehovah
, God of Israel, in
mount
Ebal,
just
as Moses the
servant of the
LORD
had
commanded the Israelites.
He
built
it according
to
what
is written in the Book of the Law of Moses :
“
an altar of uncut
stones on
which no
iron tool
has
been
used.”
And on
it
they offered
burnt offerings to the
LORD
, and they
sacrificed
peace offerings .
as Moses ,
servant of Jehovah,
commanded the sons
of
Israel,
as
it is written in the book of the law of Moses --
an altar of whole
stones ,
over
which he
hath
not
waved
iron --
and they cause
to
go
up
upon
it
burnt -
offerings to Jehovah
, and sacrifice
peace -
offerings ;
And there in
the
presence
of
the
Israelites,
Joshua
inscribed
on the stones a
copy of the law of Moses, which he had
written.
and he
writeth
there on the stones the
copy of the law of Moses, which he hath
written in
the
presence
of
the
sons
of
Israel
.
All Israel, foreigners
and citizens
alike,
with
their
elders, officers
, and judges, stood
on both
sides
of the ark of the covenant of the LORD
facing
the Levitical
priests
who
carried
it.
Half of the
people
stood
in
front
of
Mount Gerizim and half of them in
front
of
Mount Ebal, as Moses the
servant of the
LORD
had
commanded earlier,
to bless the people of Israel.
And
all Israel, and its
elders, and
authorities
, and its
judges, are
standing
on this
side
and
on
that
of the ark ,
over-against
the
priests,
the
Levites,
bearing
the
ark
of the covenant of Jehovah,
as
well
the sojourner
as
the native,
half of them
over-against
mount Gerizim ,
and the
half of them over-against
mount Ebal, as Moses servant of Jehovah
commanded to bless the people of Israel at
the
first
.
Afterward,
Joshua
read
aloud
all the words of the law —
the blessings
and the curses—
according to all that is written in the Book of the Law .
And
afterwards
he
hath
proclaimed
all the words of the law ,
the blessing
and the reviling,
according to all that is written in the book of the law ;
There was
not a word
of all that Moses had
commanded that
Joshua failed
to
read
before the whole
assembly of Israel, including
the women, the little
ones
, and the foreigners
who lived
among
them
.
there hath
not been
a thing
of all that Moses commanded which
Joshua hath
not
proclaimed
before all
the assembly of Israel, and
the women, and
the infants
, and the sojourner
who is
going
in
their
midst
.
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