Verse 28

Joshua 8:28

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28 So Joshua burned the town of Ai, and it became a permanent mound of ruins, desolate to this very day.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יִּשְׂרֹ֥ף יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ אֶת הָ/עָ֑י וַ/יְשִׂימֶ֤/הָ תֵּל עוֹלָם֙ שְׁמָמָ֔ה עַ֖ד הַ/יּ֥וֹם הַ/זֶּֽה

English Translation

And Joshua burned Ai and made it a permanent heap of ruins until this day.

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Chapter 8 Context

1 Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid or discouraged. Take all your fighting men and attac... Focus ↗

2 You will destroy them as you destroyed Jericho and its king. But this time you may keep the plunder... Focus ↗

3 So Joshua and all the fighting men set out to attack Ai. Joshua chose 30,000 of his best warriors an... Focus ↗

4 with these orders: “Hide in ambush close behind the town and be ready for action. Focus ↗

5 When our main army attacks, the men of Ai will come out to fight as they did before, and we will run... Focus ↗

6 We will let them chase us until we have drawn them away from the town. For they will say, ‘The Israe... Focus ↗

7 you will jump up from your ambush and take possession of the town, for the LORD your God (Elohim) wi... Focus ↗

8 Set the town on fire, as the LORD has commanded. You have your orders.” Focus ↗

9 So they left and went to the place of ambush between Bethel and the west side of Ai. But Joshua rema... Focus ↗

10 Early the next morning Joshua roused his men and started toward Ai, accompanied by the elders of Isr... Focus ↗

11 All the fighting men who were with Joshua marched in front of the town and camped on the north side... Focus ↗

12 That night Joshua sent about 5,000 men to lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of t... Focus ↗

13 So they stationed the main army north of the town and the ambush west of the town. Joshua himself sp... Focus ↗

14 When the king of Ai saw the Israelites across the valley, he and all his army hurried out early in t... Focus ↗

15 Joshua and the Israelite army fled toward the wilderness as though they were badly beaten. Focus ↗

16 Then all the men in the town were called out to chase after them. In this way, they were lured away... Focus ↗

17 There was not a man left in Ai or Bethel who did not chase after the Israelites, and the town was le... Focus ↗

18 Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Point the spear in your hand toward Ai, for I will hand the town over... Focus ↗

19 As soon as Joshua gave this signal, all the men in ambush jumped up from their position and poured i... Focus ↗

20 When the men of Ai looked behind them, smoke from the town was filling the sky, and they had nowhere... Focus ↗

21 When Joshua and all the other Israelites saw that the ambush had succeeded and that smoke was rising... Focus ↗

22 Meanwhile, the Israelites who were inside the town came out and attacked the enemy from the rear. So... Focus ↗

23 Only the king of Ai was taken alive and brought to Joshua. Focus ↗

24 When the Israelite army finished chasing and killing all the men of Ai in the open fields, they went... Focus ↗

25 So the entire population of Ai, including men and women, was wiped out that day — 12,000 in all. Focus ↗

26 For Joshua kept holding out his spear until everyone who had lived in Ai was completely destroyed. Focus ↗

27 Only the livestock and the treasures of the town were not destroyed, for the Israelites kept these a... Focus ↗

28 So Joshua burned the town of Ai, and it became a permanent mound of ruins, desolate to this very day...

29 Joshua impaled the king of Ai on a sharpened pole and left him there until evening. At sunset the Is... Focus ↗

30 Then Joshua built an altar to the LORD, the God (Elohim) of Israel, on Mount Ebal. Focus ↗

31 He followed the commands that Moses the LORD’s servant had written in the Book of Instruction: “Make... Focus ↗

32 And as the Israelites watched, Joshua copied onto the stones of the altar the instructions Moses had... Focus ↗

33 Then all the Israelites — foreigners and native-born alike — along with the elders, officers, and ju... Focus ↗

34 Joshua then read to them all the blessings and curses Moses had written in the Book of Instruction. Focus ↗

35 Every word of every command that Moses had ever given was read to the entire assembly of Israel, inc... Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: Joshua
Chapter: Chapter 8 (35 verses)
Version: New Living Translation

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