1 And the LORD * h3068 said * h559 h8799 unto Joshua * h3091, Fear * h3372 h8799 not, neither be thou dismayed * h2865 h8735: take * h3947 h8798 all the people * h5971 of war * h4421 with thee, and arise * h6965 h8798, go up * h5927 h8798 to Ai * h5857: see * h7200 h8798, I have given * h5414 h8804 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 h8804 to Ai * h5857 and her king * h4428 as thou didst * h6213 h8804 unto Jericho * h3405 and her king * h4428: only the spoil * h7998 thereof, and the cattle * h929 thereof, shall ye take for a prey * h962 h8799 unto yourselves: lay * h7760 h8798 thee an ambush * h693 h8802 for the city * h5892 behind * h310 it.
3 So Joshua * h3091 arose * h6965 h8799, and all the people * h5971 of war * h4421, to go up * h5927 h8800 against Ai * h5857: and Joshua * h3091 chose out * h977 h8799 thirty * h7970 thousand * h505 mighty * h1368 men * h376 of valour * h2428, and sent them away * h7971 h8799 by night * h3915.
4 And he commanded * h6680 h8762 them, saying * h559 h8800, Behold * h7200 h8798, ye shall lie in wait * h693 h8802 against the city * h5892, even behind * h310 the city * h5892: go * h7368 not very * h3966 far * h7368 h8686 from the city * h5892, but be ye all ready * h3559 h8737:
5 And I, and all the people * h5971 that are with me, will approach * h7126 h8799 unto the city * h5892: and it shall come to pass, when they come out * h3318 h8799 against * h7125 h8800 us, as at the first * h7223, that we will flee * h5127 h8804 before * h6440 them,
6 (For they will come out * h3318 h8804 after * h310 us) till we have drawn * h5423 h8687 them from the city * h5892; for they will say * h559 h8799, They flee * h5127 h8801 before * h6440 us, as at the first * h7223: therefore we will flee * h5127 h8804 before * h6440 them. drawn: Heb. pulled
7 Then ye shall rise up * h6965 h8799 from the ambush * h693 h8802, and seize * h3423 h8689 upon the city * h5892: for the LORD * h3068 your God * h430 will deliver * h5414 h8804 it into your hand * h3027.
8 And it shall be, when ye have taken * h8610 h8800 the city * h5892, that ye shall set * h3341 h8686 the city * h5892 on fire * h784: according to the commandment * h1697 of the LORD * h3068 shall ye do * h6213 h8799. See * h7200 h8798, I have commanded * h6680 h8765 you.
9 Joshua * h3091 therefore sent them forth * h7971 h8799: and they went * h3212 h8799 to lie in ambush * h3993, and abode * h3427 h8799 between Bethel * h1008 and Ai * h5857, on the west side * h3220 of Ai * h5857: but Joshua * h3091 lodged * h3885 h8799 that night * h3915 among * h8432 the people * h5971.
10 And Joshua * h3091 rose up early * h7925 h8686 in the morning * h1242, and numbered * h6485 h8799 the people * h5971, and went up * h5927 h8799, he and the elders * h2205 of Israel * h3478, before * h6440 the people * h5971 to Ai * h5857.
11 And all the people * h5971, even the people of war * h4421 that were with him, went up * h5927 h8804, and drew nigh * h5066 h8799, and came * h935 h8799 before the city * h5892, and pitched * h2583 h8799 on the north side * h6828 of Ai * h5857: now there was a valley * h1516 between them and Ai * h5857.
12 And he took * h3947 h8799 about five * h2568 thousand * h505 men * h376, and set * h7760 h8799 them to lie in ambush * h693 h8802 between Bethel * h1008 and Ai * h5857, on the west side * h3220 of the city * h5857 h8675 * h5892. of...: or, of Ai
13 And when they had set * h7760 h8799 the people * h5971, even all the host * h4264 that was on the north * h6828 of the city * h5892, and their liers in wait * h6119 on the west * h3220 of the city * h5892, Joshua * h3091 went * h3212 h8799 that night * h3915 into the midst * h8432 of the valley * h6010. liers...: Heb. lying in wait
14 And it came to pass, when the king * h4428 of Ai * h5857 saw * h7200 h8800 it , that they hasted * h4116 h8762 and rose up early * h7925 h8686, and the men * h582 of the city * h5892 went out * h3318 h8799 against * h7125 h8800 Israel * h3478 to battle * h4421, he and all his people * h5971, at a time appointed * h4150, before * h6440 the plain * h6160; but he wist * h3045 h8804 not that there were liers in ambush * h693 h8802 against him behind * h310 the city * h5892.
15 And Joshua * h3091 and all Israel * h3478 made as if they were beaten * h5060 h8735 before * h6440 them, and fled * h5127 h8799 by the way * h1870 of the wilderness * h4057.
16 And all the people * h5971 that were in Ai * h5857 h8675 * h5892 were called * h2199 h8735 together to pursue * h7291 h8800 after * h310 them: and they pursued * h7291 h8799 after * h310 Joshua * h3091, and were drawn away * h5423 h8735 from the city * h5892.
17 And there was not a man * h376 left * h7604 h8738 in Ai * h5857 or Bethel * h1008, that went not out * h3318 h8804 after * h310 Israel * h3478: and they left * h5800 h8799 the city * h5892 open * h6605 h8803, and pursued * h7291 h8799 after Israel * h3478.
18 And the LORD * h3068 said * h559 h8799 unto Joshua * h3091, Stretch out * h5186 h8798 the spear * h3591 that is in thy hand * h3027 toward Ai * h5857; for I will give * h5414 h8799 it into thine hand * h3027. And Joshua * h3091 stretched out * h5186 h8799 the spear * h3591 that he had in his hand * h3027 toward the city * h5892.
19 And the ambush * h693 h8802 arose * h6965 h8804 quickly * h4120 out of their place * h4725, and they ran * h7323 h8799 as soon as he had stretched out * h5186 h8800 his hand * h3027: and they entered * h935 h8799 into the city * h5892, and took * h3920 h8799 it, and hasted * h4116 h8762 and set * h3341 h8686 the city * h5892 on fire * h784.
20 And when the men * h582 of Ai * h5857 looked * h6437 h8799 behind * h310 them, they saw * h7200 h8799, and, behold, the smoke * h6227 of the city * h5892 ascended up * h5927 h8804 to heaven * h8064, and they had no power * h3027 to flee * h5127 h8800 this way or that way * h2008: and the people * h5971 that fled * h5127 h8801 to the wilderness * h4057 turned back * h2015 h8738 upon the pursuers * h7291 h8802. power: Heb. hand
21 And when Joshua * h3091 and all Israel * h3478 saw * h7200 h8804 that the ambush * h693 h8802 had taken * h3920 h8804 the city * h5892, and that the smoke * h6227 of the city * h5892 ascended * h5927 h8804, then they turned again * h7725 h8799, and slew * h5221 h8686 the men * h582 of Ai * h5857.
22 And the other * h428 issued out * h3318 h8804 of the city * h5892 against * h7125 h8800 them; so they were in the midst * h8432 of Israel * h3478, some on this side, and some on that side: and they smote * h5221 h8686 them, so that * h5704 they let * h7604 h8689 none of them remain * h8300 or escape * h6412.
23 And the king * h4428 of Ai * h5857 they took * h8610 h8804 alive * h2416, and brought * h7126 h8686 him to Joshua * h3091.
24 And it came to pass, when Israel * h3478 had made an end * h3615 h8763 of slaying * h2026 h8800 all the inhabitants * h3427 h8802 of Ai * h5857 in the field * h7704, in the wilderness * h4057 wherein they chased * h7291 h8804 them, and when they were all fallen * h5307 h8799 on the edge * h6310 of the sword * h2719, until they were consumed * h8552 h8800, that all the Israelites * h3478 returned * h7725 h8799 unto Ai * h5857, and smote * h5221 h8686 it with the edge * h6310 of the sword * h2719.
25 And so it was, that all that fell * h5307 h8802 that day * h3117, both of men * h376 and women * h802, were twelve * h8147 * h6240 thousand * h505, even all the men * h582 of Ai * h5857.
26 For Joshua * h3091 drew * h7725 not his hand * h3027 back * h7725 h8689, wherewith he stretched out * h5186 h8804 the spear * h3591, until he had utterly destroyed * h2763 h8689 all the inhabitants * h3427 h8802 of Ai * h5857.
27 Only the cattle * h929 and the spoil * h7998 of that city * h5892 Israel * h3478 took for a prey * h962 h8804 unto themselves, according unto the word * h1697 of the LORD * h3068 which he commanded * h6680 h8765 Joshua * h3091.
28 And Joshua * h3091 burnt * h8313 h8799 Ai * h5857, and made * h7760 h8799 it an heap * h8510 for ever * h5769, even a desolation * h8077 unto this day * h3117.
29 And the king * h4428 of Ai * h5857 he hanged * h8518 h8804 on a tree * h6086 until eventide * h6256 * h6153: and as soon as the sun * h8121 was down * h935 h8800, Joshua * h3091 commanded * h6680 h8765 that they should take * h3381 his carcase * h5038 down * h3381 h8686 from the tree * h6086, and cast * h7993 h8686 it at the entering * h6607 of the gate * h8179 of the city * h5892, and raise * h6965 h8686 thereon a great * h1419 heap * h1530 of stones * h68, that remaineth unto this day * h3117.
30 Then Joshua * h3091 built * h1129 h8799 an altar * h4196 unto the LORD * h3068 God * h430 of Israel * h3478 in mount * h2022 Ebal * h5858,
31 As Moses * h4872 the servant * h5650 of the LORD * h3068 commanded * h6680 h8765 the children * h1121 of Israel * h3478, as it is written * h3789 h8803 in the book * h5612 of the law * h8451 of Moses * h4872, an altar * h4196 of whole * h8003 stones * h68, over which no man hath lift up * h5130 h8689 any iron * h1270: and they offered * h5927 h8686 thereon burnt offerings * h5930 unto the LORD * h3068, and sacrificed * h2076 h8799 peace offerings * h8002.
32 And he wrote * h3789 h8799 there upon the stones * h68 a copy * h4932 of the law * h8451 of Moses * h4872, which he wrote * h3789 h8804 in the presence * h6440 of the children * h1121 of Israel * h3478.
33 And all Israel * h3478, and their elders * h2205, and officers * h7860 h8802, and their judges * h8199 h8802, stood * h5975 h8802 on this side the ark * h727 and on that side before the priests * h3548 the Levites * h3881, which bare * h5375 h8802 the ark * h727 of the covenant * h1285 of the LORD * h3068, as well the stranger * h1616, as he that was born * h249 among them; half * h2677 of them over * h413 against * h4136 mount * h2022 Gerizim * h1630, and half * h2677 of them over against * h4136 mount * h2022 Ebal * h5858; as Moses * h4872 the servant * h5650 of the LORD * h3068 had commanded * h6680 h8765 before * h7223, that they should bless * h1288 h8763 the people * h5971 of Israel * h3478.
34 And afterward * h310 he read * h7121 h8804 all the words * h1697 of the law * h8451, the blessings * h1293 and cursings * h7045, according to all that is written * h3789 h8803 in the book * h5612 of the law * h8451.
35 There was not a word * h1697 of all that Moses * h4872 commanded * h6680 h8765, which Joshua * h3091 read * h7121 h8804 not before all the congregation * h6951 of Israel * h3478, with the women * h802, and the little ones * h2945, and the strangers * h1616 that were conversant * h1980 h8802 among * h7130 them. were...: Heb. walked