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[1]And the LORDH3068 saidH559[H8799] unto JoshuaH3091, FearH3372[H8799] not, neither be thou dismayedH2865[H8735]: takeH3947[H8798] all the peopleH5971 of warH4421 with thee, and ariseH6965[H8798], go upH5927[H8798] to AiH5857: seeH7200[H8798], I have givenH5414[H8804] into thy handH3027 the kingH4428 of AiH5857, and his peopleH5971, and his cityH5892, and his landH776:
[2]And thou shalt doH6213[H8804] to AiH5857 and her kingH4428 as thou didstH6213[H8804] unto JerichoH3405 and her kingH4428: only the spoilH7998 thereof, and the cattleH929 thereof, shall ye take for a preyH962[H8799] unto yourselves: layH7760[H8798] thee an ambushH693[H8802] for the cityH5892 behind itH310.
[3]So JoshuaH3091 aroseH6965[H8799], and all the peopleH5971 of warH4421, to go upH5927[H8800] against AiH5857: and JoshuaH3091 chose outH977[H8799] thirtyH7970 thousandH505 mightyH1368 menH376 of valourH2428, and sent them awayH7971[H8799] by nightH3915.
[4]And he commandedH6680[H8762] them, sayingH559[H8800], BeholdH7200[H8798], ye shall lie in waitH693[H8802] against the cityH5892, even behindH310 the cityH5892: goH7368 not veryH3966 farH7368[H8686] from the cityH5892, but be ye all readyH3559:[H8737]
[5]And I, and all the peopleH5971 that are with me, will approachH7126[H8799] unto the cityH5892: and it shall come to pass, when they come outH3318[H8799] againstH7125[H8800] us, as at the firstH7223, that we will fleeH5127[H8804] before themH6440,
[6]H3318( For they will come outH8804 afterH310 us) till we have drawnH5423[H8687] them from the cityH5892; for they will sayH559[H8799], They fleeH5127[H8801] beforeH6440 us, as at the firstH7223: therefore we will fleeH5127[H8804] before themH6440.
[7]Then ye shall rise upH6965[H8799] from the ambushH693[H8802], and seizeH3423[H8689] upon the cityH5892: for the LORDH3068 your GodH430 will deliverH5414[H8804] it into your handH3027.
[8]And it shall be, when ye have takenH8610[H8800] the cityH5892, that ye shall setH3341[H8686] the cityH5892 on fireH784: according to the commandmentH1697 of the LORDH3068 shall ye doH6213[H8799]. SeeH7200[H8798], I have commandedH6680 youH8765.
[9]JoshuaH3091 therefore sent them forthH7971[H8799]: and they wentH3212[H8799] to lie in ambushH3993, and abodeH3427[H8799] between BethelH1008 and AiH5857, on the west sideH3220 of AiH5857: but JoshuaH3091 lodgedH3885[H8799] that nightH3915 amongH8432 the peopleH5971.
[10]And JoshuaH3091 rose up earlyH7925[H8686] in the morningH1242, and numberedH6485[H8799] the peopleH5971, and went upH5927[H8799], he and the eldersH2205 of IsraelH3478, beforeH6440 the peopleH5971 to AiH5857.
[11]And all the peopleH5971, even the people of warH4421 that were with him, went upH5927[H8804], and drew nighH5066[H8799], and cameH935[H8799] before the cityH5892, and pitchedH2583[H8799] on the north sideH6828 of AiH5857: now there was a valleyH1516 between them and AiH5857.
[12]And he tookH3947[H8799] about fiveH2568 thousandH505 menH376, and setH7760[H8799] them to lie in ambushH693[H8802] between BethelH1008 and AiH5857, on the west sideH3220 of the cityH5857[H8675].[H5892]
[13]And when they had setH7760[H8799] the peopleH5971, even all the hostH4264 that was on the northH6828 of the cityH5892, and their liers in waitH6119 on the westH3220 of the cityH5892, JoshuaH3091 wentH3212[H8799] that nightH3915 into the midstH8432 of the valleyH6010.
[14]And it came to pass, when the kingH4428 of AiH5857 sawH7200[H8800] it, that they hastedH4116[H8762] and rose up earlyH7925[H8686], and the menH582 of the cityH5892 went outH3318[H8799] againstH7125[H8800] IsraelH3478 to battleH4421, he and all his peopleH5971, at a time appointedH4150, beforeH6440 the plainH6160; but he wistH3045[H8804] not that there were liers in ambushH693[H8802] against him behindH310 the cityH5892.
[15]And JoshuaH3091 and all IsraelH3478 made as if they were beatenH5060[H8735] beforeH6440 them, and fledH5127[H8799] by the wayH1870 of the wildernessH4057.
[16]And all the peopleH5971 that were in AiH5857[H8675][H5892] were calledH2199[H8735] together to pursueH7291[H8800] afterH310 them: and they pursuedH7291[H8799] afterH310 JoshuaH3091, and were drawn awayH5423[H8735] from the cityH5892.
[17]And there was not a manH376 leftH7604[H8738] in AiH5857 or BethelH1008, that went not outH3318[H8804] afterH310 IsraelH3478: and they leftH5800[H8799] the cityH5892 openH6605[H8803], and pursuedH7291[H8799] after IsraelH3478.
[18]And the LORDH3068 saidH559[H8799] unto JoshuaH3091, Stretch outH5186[H8798] the spearH3591 that is in thy handH3027 toward AiH5857; for I will giveH5414[H8799] it into thine handH3027. And JoshuaH3091 stretched outH5186[H8799] the spearH3591 that he had in his handH3027 toward the cityH5892.
[19]And the ambushH693[H8802] aroseH6965[H8804] quicklyH4120 out of their placeH4725, and they ranH7323[H8799] as soon as he had stretched outH5186[H8800] his handH3027: and they enteredH935[H8799] into the cityH5892, and tookH3920[H8799] it, and hastedH4116[H8762] and setH3341[H8686] the cityH5892 on fireH784.
[20]And when the menH582 of AiH5857 lookedH6437[H8799] behindH310 them, they sawH7200[H8799], and, behold, the smokeH6227 of the cityH5892 ascended upH5927[H8804] to heavenH8064, and they had no powerH3027 to fleeH5127[H8800] this way or that wayH2008: and the peopleH5971 that fledH5127[H8801] to the wildernessH4057 turned backH2015[H8738] upon the pursuersH7291.[H8802]
[21]And when JoshuaH3091 and all IsraelH3478 sawH7200[H8804] that the ambushH693[H8802] had takenH3920[H8804] the cityH5892, and that the smokeH6227 of the cityH5892 ascendedH5927[H8804], then they turned againH7725[H8799], and slewH5221[H8686] the menH582 of AiH5857.
[22]And the otherH428 issued outH3318[H8804] of the cityH5892 againstH7125[H8800] them; so they were in the midstH8432 of IsraelH3478, some on this side, and some on that side: and they smoteH5221[H8686] them, so thatH5704 they letH7604[H8689] none of them remainH8300 or escapeH6412.
[23]And the kingH4428 of AiH5857 they tookH8610[H8804] aliveH2416, and broughtH7126[H8686] him to JoshuaH3091.
[24]And it came to pass, when IsraelH3478 had made an endH3615[H8763] of slayingH2026[H8800] all the inhabitantsH3427[H8802] of AiH5857 in the fieldH7704, in the wildernessH4057 wherein they chasedH7291[H8804] them, and when they were all fallenH5307[H8799] on the edgeH6310 of the swordH2719, until they were consumedH8552[H8800], that all the IsraelitesH3478 returnedH7725[H8799] unto AiH5857, and smoteH5221[H8686] it with the edgeH6310 of the swordH2719.
[25]And so it was, that all that fellH5307[H8802] that dayH3117, both of menH376 and womenH802, were twelveH8147[H6240] thousandH505, even all the menH582 of AiH5857.
[26]For JoshuaH3091 drewH7725 not his handH3027 backH7725[H8689], wherewith he stretched outH5186[H8804] the spearH3591, until he had utterly destroyedH2763[H8689] all the inhabitantsH3427[H8802] of AiH5857.
[27]Only the cattleH929 and the spoilH7998 of that cityH5892 IsraelH3478 took for a preyH962[H8804] unto themselves, according unto the wordH1697 of the LORDH3068 which he commandedH6680[H8765] JoshuaH3091.
[28]And JoshuaH3091 burntH8313[H8799] AiH5857, and madeH7760[H8799] it an heapH8510 for everH5769, even a desolationH8077 unto this dayH3117.
[29]And the kingH4428 of AiH5857 he hangedH8518[H8804] on a treeH6086 until eventideH6256[H6153]: and as soon as the sunH8121 was downH935[H8800], JoshuaH3091 commandedH6680[H8765] that they should takeH3381 his carcaseH5038 downH3381[H8686] from the treeH6086, and castH7993[H8686] it at the enteringH6607 of the gateH8179 of the cityH5892, and raiseH6965[H8686] thereon a greatH1419 heapH1530 of stonesH68, that remaineth unto this dayH3117.
[30]Then JoshuaH3091 builtH1129[H8799] an altarH4196 unto the LORDH3068 GodH430 of IsraelH3478 in mountH2022 EbalH5858,
[31]As MosesH4872 the servantH5650 of the LORDH3068 commandedH6680[H8765] the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478, as it is writtenH3789[H8803] in the bookH5612 of the lawH8451 of MosesH4872, an altarH4196 of wholeH8003 stonesH68, over which no man hath lift upH5130[H8689] any ironH1270: and they offeredH5927[H8686] thereon burnt offeringsH5930 unto the LORDH3068, and sacrificedH2076[H8799] peace offeringsH8002.
[32]And he wroteH3789[H8799] there upon the stonesH68 a copyH4932 of the lawH8451 of MosesH4872, which he wroteH3789[H8804] in the presenceH6440 of the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478.
[33]And all IsraelH3478, and their eldersH2205, and officersH7860[H8802], and their judgesH8199[H8802], stoodH5975[H8802] on this side the arkH727 and on that side before the priestsH3548 the LevitesH3881, which bareH5375[H8802] the arkH727 of the covenantH1285 of the LORDH3068, as well the strangerH1616, as he that was bornH249 among them; halfH2677 of them overH413 againstH4136 mountH2022 GerizimH1630, and halfH2677 of them over againstH4136 mountH2022 EbalH5858; as MosesH4872 the servantH5650 of the LORDH3068 had commandedH6680[H8765] beforeH7223, that they should blessH1288[H8763] the peopleH5971 of IsraelH3478.
[34]And afterwardH310 he readH7121[H8804] all the wordsH1697 of the lawH8451, the blessingsH1293 and cursingsH7045, according to all that is writtenH3789[H8803] in the bookH5612 of the lawH8451.
[35]There was not a wordH1697 of all that MosesH4872 commandedH6680[H8765], which JoshuaH3091 readH7121[H8804] not before all the congregationH6951 of IsraelH3478, with the womenH802, and the little onesH2945, and the strangersH1616 that were conversantH1980[H8802] among themH7130.
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