Verse 28

Joshua 8:28

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

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28 And he burned the city, and made it a heap for ever:

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 the Lord said to Josue: Fear not, nor be thou dismayed: take with thee all the multitude of figh... Focus ↗

2 And thou shalt do to the city of Hai, and to the king thereof, as thou hast done to Jericho, and to... Focus ↗

3 And Josue arose, and all the army of the fighting men with him, to go up against Hai: and he sent th... Focus ↗

4 And commanded them, saying: Lay an ambush behind the city: and go not very far from it: and be ye al... Focus ↗

5 But I and the rest of the multitude which is with me; will approach on the contrary side against the... Focus ↗

6 Till they pursuing us be drawn farther from the city: for they will think that we flee as before. Focus ↗

7 And whilst we are fleeing, and they pursuing, you shall arise out of the ambush, and shall destroy t... Focus ↗

8 And when you shall have taken it, set it on fire, and you shall do all things so as I have commanded... Focus ↗

9 And he sent them away, and they went on to the place of the ambush, and abode between Bethel and Hai... Focus ↗

10 And rising early in the morning, he mustered his soldiers, and went up with the ancients in the fron... Focus ↗

11 And when they were come, and were gone up over against the city, they stood on the north side of the... Focus ↗

12 And he had chosen five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Hai, on the we... Focus ↗

13 But all the rest of the army went in battle array on the north side, so that the last of that multit... Focus ↗

14 And when the king of Hai saw this, he made haste in the morning, and went out with all the army of t... Focus ↗

15 But Josue, and all Israel gave back, making as if they were afraid, and fleeing by the way of the wi... Focus ↗

16 But they shouting together, and encouraging one another, pursued them. And when they were come from... Focus ↗

17 And not one remained in the city of Hai and of Bethel, that did not pursue after Israel, leaving the... Focus ↗

18 The Lord said to Josue: Lift up the shield that is in thy hand, towards the city of Hai, for I will... Focus ↗

19 And when he had lifted up his shield towards the city, the ambush that lay hid, rose up immediately:... Focus ↗

20 And the men of the city, that pursued after Josue, looking back and seeing the smoke of the city ris... Focus ↗

21 So Josue and all Israel seeing that the city was taken, and that the smoke of the city rose up, retu... Focus ↗

22 And they also that had taken and set the city on fire, issuing out of the city to meet their own men... Focus ↗

23 And they took the king of the city of Hai alive, and brought him to Josue. Focus ↗

24 So all being slain that had pursued after Israel in his flight to the wilderness, and tailing by the... Focus ↗

25 And the number of them that fell that day, both of men and women, was twelve thousand persons all of... Focus ↗

26 But Josue drew not back his hand, which he had stretched out on high, holding the shield, till all t... Focus ↗

27 And the children of Israel divided among them the cattle and the prey of the city, as the Lord had c... Focus ↗

28 And he burned the city, and made it a heap for ever:

29 And he hung the king thereof on a gibbet until the evening and the going down of the sun. Then Josue... Focus ↗

30 Then Josue built an altar to the Lord the God (Elohim) of Israel in mount Hebal, Focus ↗

31 As Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded the children of Israel, and it is written in the book... Focus ↗

32 And he wrote upon stones the Deuteronomy of the law of Moses, which he had ordered before the childr... Focus ↗

33 And all the people, and the ancients, and the princes and judges stood on both sides of the ark, bef... Focus ↗

34 After this he read all the words of the blessing and the cursing and all things that were written in... Focus ↗

35 He left out nothing of those things which Moses had commanded, but he repeated all before all the pe... Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: Joshua
Chapter: Chapter 8 (35 verses)
Version: Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

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