Verse 28

Joshua 8:28

Darby Translation

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28 And Joshua burned Ai, and made it an everlasting heap of desolation to this 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 And Jehovah said to Joshua, Fear not, neither be dismayed. Take with thee all the people of war, and... Focus ↗

2 And thou shalt do to Ai and to its king as thou didst to Jericho and to its king; only, the spoil th... Focus ↗

3 And Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai. And Joshua chose thirty thousand valian... Focus ↗

4 And he commanded them, saying, See, ye shall be in ambush against the city, behind the city: go not... Focus ↗

5 And I and all the people that are with me will approach to the city; and it shall come to pass when... Focus ↗

6 And they will come out after us till we have drawn them from the city; for they will say, They flee... Focus ↗

7 And ye shall rise up from the ambush and take possession of the city; and Jehovah your God (Elohim)... Focus ↗

8 And it shall be when ye have taken the city, that ye shall set the city on fire; according to the wo... Focus ↗

9 And Joshua sent them forth; and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the... Focus ↗

10 And Joshua rose early in the morning, and inspected the people, and went up, he and the elders of Is... Focus ↗

11 And all the people of war that were with him went up, and drew near, and came before the city; and t... Focus ↗

12 Now he had taken about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west... Focus ↗

13 And when they had set the people, the whole camp on the north of the city, and their ambush on the w... Focus ↗

14 And it came to pass when the king of Ai saw it, that the men of the city hasted and rose early, and... Focus ↗

15 And Joshua and all Israel let themselves be beaten before them; and they fled by the way of the wild... Focus ↗

16 And all the people that were in the city were called together to pursue after them; and they pursued... Focus ↗

17 And not a man remained in Ai and Bethel that went not out after Israel; and they left the city open,... Focus ↗

18 And Jehovah said to Joshua, Stretch out the javelin that is in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give i... Focus ↗

19 And the ambush arose quickly from their place, and they ran when he stretched out his hand, and came... Focus ↗

20 And the men of Ai turned and saw, and behold, the smoke of the city went up to heaven, and they had... Focus ↗

21 When Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city we... Focus ↗

22 And the others went out of the city against them; so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this... Focus ↗

23 And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua. Focus ↗

24 And it came to pass when Israel had ended slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wil... Focus ↗

25 And so it was, that all who fell that day, men as well as women, were twelve thousand, all the peopl... Focus ↗

26 And Joshua did not draw back his hand, which he had stretched out with the javelin, until they had u... Focus ↗

27 Only, the cattle and the spoil of the city Israel took as prey to themselves, according to the word... Focus ↗

28 And Joshua burned Ai, and made it an everlasting heap of desolation to this day.

29 And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until the evening; and at the going down of the sun Joshua co... Focus ↗

30 Then Joshua built an altar to Jehovah the God (Elohim) of Israel, in mount Ebal, Focus ↗

31 as Moses the servant of Jehovah had commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book o... Focus ↗

32 And he wrote there on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he had written before the childre... Focus ↗

33 And all Israel, and their elders, and their officers and judges, stood on this side and on that side... Focus ↗

34 And afterwards he read all the words of the law, the blessing and the curse, according to all that i... Focus ↗

35 There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded which Joshua read not before the whole congrega... Focus ↗

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Book: Joshua
Chapter: Chapter 8 (35 verses)
Version: Darby Translation

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