Verse 4

Joshua 8:4

American Standard Version

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4 And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in ambush against the city, behind the city; go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready:

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יְצַ֨ו אֹתָ֜/ם לֵ/אמֹ֗ר רְ֠אוּ אַתֶּ֞ם אֹרְבִ֤ים לָ/עִיר֙ מֵ/אַחֲרֵ֣י הָ/עִ֔יר אַל תַּרְחִ֥יקוּ מִן הָ/עִ֖יר מְאֹ֑ד וִ/הְיִיתֶ֥ם כֻּלְּ/כֶ֖ם נְכֹנִֽים

English Translation

And he commanded them, saying, "See, you are lying in wait for the city from behind the city; do not distance yourselves very much from the city, and you shall all be prepared."

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Chapter 8 Context

1 And Jehovah said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed: take all the people of war with th... Focus ↗

2 And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof... Focus ↗

3 So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand men... Focus ↗

4 And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in ambush against the city, behind the city; go...

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

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

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

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

9 And Joshua sent them forth; and they went to the ambushment, and abode between Beth-el and Ai, on th... Focus ↗

10 And Joshua arose up early in the morning, and mustered the people, and went up, he and the elders of... Focus ↗

11 And all the people, [even] the [men of] war that were with him, went up, and drew nigh, and came bef... Focus ↗

12 And he took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side... Focus ↗

13 So they set the people, even all the host that was on the north of the city, and their liers-in-wait... Focus ↗

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

15 And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilder... Focus ↗

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

17 And there was not a man left in Ai or Beth-el, that went not out after Israel: and they left the cit... Focus ↗

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

19 And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his ha... Focus ↗

20 And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up... Focus ↗

21 And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the cit... Focus ↗

22 And the others came forth out of the city against them; so they were in the midst of Israel, some on... 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 made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field,... Focus ↗

25 And all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai. Focus ↗

26 For Joshua drew not back his hand, wherewith he stretched out the javelin, until he had utterly dest... Focus ↗

27 Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for prey unto themselves, according unto the... Focus ↗

28 So Joshua burnt Ai, and made it a heap for ever, even a desolation, unto this day. Focus ↗

29 And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until the eventide: and at the going down of the sun Joshua c... Focus ↗

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

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

32 And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote, in the presence of th... Focus ↗

33 And all Israel, and their elders and officers, and their judges, stood on this side of the ark and o... Focus ↗

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

35 There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua read not before all the assembly of I... Focus ↗

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Book: Joshua
Chapter: Chapter 8 (35 verses)
Version: American Standard Version

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