Verse 26

Joshua 8:26

English Revised Version

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26 For Joshua drew not back his hand wherewith he stretched out the javelin, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וִ/יהוֹשֻׁ֨עַ֙ לֹֽא הֵשִׁ֣יב יָד֔/וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָטָ֖ה בַּ/כִּיד֑וֹן עַ֚ד אֲשֶׁ֣ר הֶחֱרִ֔ים אֵ֖ת כָּל יֹשְׁבֵ֥י הָ/עָֽי

English Translation

And Joshua did not withdraw his hand that he stretched out with the spear until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.

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Chapter 8 Context

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

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 the LORD 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 rose 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 before... 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 the LORD said unto Joshua, Stretch out the javelin that is in thy hand toward Ai; for I will giv... 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 other 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 destr...

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

28 So Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an 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 the LORD, the God (Elohim) of Israel, in mount Ebal, Focus ↗

31 as Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of t... 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 the ark and on t... 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: English Revised Version

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