Verse 15

Joshua 8:15

Young's Literal Translation

15 And Joshua and all Israel [seem] stricken before them, and flee the way of the wilderness,
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּנָּֽגְע֛וּ יְהוֹשֻׁ֥עַ וְ/כָל יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לִ/פְנֵי/הֶ֑ם וַ/יָּנֻ֖סוּ דֶּ֥רֶךְ הַ/מִּדְבָּֽר
English Translation
And Joshua and all Israel were struck before them, and they fled along the way of the wilderness.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 8 Context
1 And Jehovah saith unto Joshua, 'Fear not, nor be affrighted, take with thee all the people of war, a... Focus ↗
2 and thou hast done to Ai and to her king as thou hast done to Jericho and to her king; only, its spo... Focus ↗
3 And Joshua riseth, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai, and Joshua chooseth thirty thousand me... Focus ↗
4 and commandeth them, saying, 'See, ye are liers in wait against the city, at the rear of the city, y... Focus ↗
5 and I and all the people who [are] with me draw near unto the city, and it hath come to pass when th... Focus ↗
6 and they have come out after us till we have drawn them out of the city, for they say, They are flee... Focus ↗
7 and ye rise from the ambush, and have occupied the city, and Jehovah your God (Elohim) hath given it... Focus ↗
8 and it hath been, when ye capture the city, ye burn the city with fire, according to the word of Jeh... Focus ↗
9 And Joshua sendeth them away, and they go unto the ambush, and abide between Bethel and Ai, on the w... Focus ↗
10 And Joshua riseth early in the morning, and inspecteth the people, and goeth up, he and the elders o... Focus ↗
11 and all the people of war who [are] with him have gone up, and draw nigh and come in over-against th... Focus ↗
12 And he taketh about five thousand men, and setteth them an ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west... Focus ↗
13 and they set the people, all the camp which [is] on the north of the city, and its rear on the west... Focus ↗
14 And it cometh to pass, when the king of Ai seeth [it], that hasten, and rise early, and go out do th... Focus ↗
15 And Joshua and all Israel [seem] stricken before them, and flee the way of the wilderness,
16 and all the people who [are] in the city are called to pursue after them, and they pursue after Josh... Focus ↗
17 and there hath not been left a man in Ai and Bethel who hath not gone out after Israel, and they lea... Focus ↗
18 And Jehovah saith unto Joshua, 'Stretch out with the javelin which [is] in thy hand towards Ai, for... Focus ↗
19 and the ambush hath risen [with] haste, out of its place, and they run at the stretching out of his... Focus ↗
20 And the men of Ai look behind them, and see, and lo, the smoke of the city hath gone up unto the hea... Focus ↗
21 and Joshua and all Israel have seen that the ambush hath captured the city, and that the smoke of th... Focus ↗
22 and these have come out from the city to meet them, and they are in the midst of Israel, some on thi... Focus ↗
23 and the king of Ai they caught alive, and bring him near unto Joshua. Focus ↗
24 And it cometh to pass, at Israel's finishing to slay all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the... Focus ↗
25 and all who fall during the day, of men and of women, are twelve thousand -- all men of Ai. Focus ↗
26 And Joshua hath not brought back his hand which he stretched out with the javelin till that he hath... Focus ↗
27 only, the cattle and the spoil of that city have Israel spoiled for themselves, according to the wor... Focus ↗
28 And Joshua burneth Ai, and maketh it a heap age-during -- a desolation unto this day; Focus ↗
29 and the king of Ai he hath hanged on the tree till even-time, and at the going in of the sun hath Jo... Focus ↗
30 Then doth Joshua build an altar to Jehovah, God (Elohim) of Israel, in mount Ebal, Focus ↗
31 as Moses, servant of Jehovah, commanded the sons of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law... Focus ↗
32 and he writeth there on the stones the copy of the law of Moses, which he hath written in the presen... Focus ↗
33 And all Israel, and its elders, and authorities, and its judges, are standing on this side and on th... Focus ↗
34 And afterwards he hath proclaimed all the words of the law, the blessing and the reviling, according... Focus ↗
35 there hath not been a thing of all that Moses commanded which Joshua hath not proclaimed before all... Focus ↗