Verse 4

Joshua 8:4

Geneva Bible

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4 And he commanded them, saying, Behold, yee shall lye in waite against the citie on the backeside of the citie: goe not very farre from the citie, but be ye all in a readinesse.

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 After, the Lord saide vnto Ioshua, Feare not, neither bee thou faint hearted: take all the men of wa... Focus ↗

2 And thou shalt doe to Ai and to the King thereof, as thou didst vnto Iericho and to the King thereof... Focus ↗

3 Then Ioshua arose, and all the men of warre to goe vp against Ai: and Ioshua chose out thirtie thous... Focus ↗

4 And he commanded them, saying, Behold, yee shall lye in waite against the citie on the backeside of...

5 And I and all the people that are with me, will approche vnto the citie: and when they shall come ou... Focus ↗

6 For they wil come out after vs, till we haue brought them out of the citie: for they will say, They... Focus ↗

7 Then you shall rise vp from lying in waite and destroy the citie: for the Lord your God (Elohim) wil... Focus ↗

8 And when ye haue taken the citie, ye shall set it on fire: according to the commandement of the Lord... Focus ↗

9 Ioshua then sent them foorth, and they went to lye in waite, and abode betweene Beth-el and Ai, on t... Focus ↗

10 And Ioshua rose vp early in the morning, and nombred the people: and he and the Elders of Israel wen... Focus ↗

11 Also all the men of warre that were with him went vp and drewe neere, and came against the citie, an... Focus ↗

12 And hee tooke about fiue thousande men, and set them to lye in waite betweene Beth-el and Ai, on the... Focus ↗

13 And the people set all the hoste that was on the Northside against the citie, and the liers in waite... Focus ↗

14 And when the King of Ai sawe it, then the men of the citie hasted and rose vp earely, and went out a... Focus ↗

15 Then Ioshua and all Israel as beaten before them, fled by the way of the wildernes. Focus ↗

16 And all the people of the citie were called together, to pursue after them: and they pursued after I... Focus ↗

17 So that there was not a man left in Ai, nor in Beth-el, that went not out after Israel: and they lef... Focus ↗

18 Then the Lord said vnto Ioshua, Stretch out the speare that is in thine hande, towarde Ai: for I wil... Focus ↗

19 And they that lay in wait, arose quickly out of their place, and ranne as soone as he had stretched... Focus ↗

20 And the men of Ai looked behinde them, and sawe it: for loe, the smoke of the citie ascended vp to h... Focus ↗

21 When Ioshua and all Israel sawe that they that lay in waite, had taken the citie, and that the smoke... Focus ↗

22 Also the other issued out of the citie against them: so were they in the middes of Israel, these bei... Focus ↗

23 And the King of Ai they tooke aliue, and brought him to Ioshua. Focus ↗

24 And when Israel had made an ende of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the fielde, that is, in the... Focus ↗

25 And all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelue thousande, euen all the men of Ai. Focus ↗

26 For Ioshua drewe not his hande backe againe which he had stretched out with the speare, vntill hee h... Focus ↗

27 Onely the cattell and the spoyle of this citie, Israel tooke for a praye vnto themselues, according... Focus ↗

28 And Ioshua burnt Ai, and made it an heape for euer, and a wildernes vnto this day. Focus ↗

29 And the King of Ai hee hanged on a tree, vnto the euening. And as soone as the sunne was down, Ioshu... Focus ↗

30 Then Ioshua built an altar vnto the Lord God (Elohim) of Israel, in mount Ebal, Focus ↗

31 As Moses the seruant of the Lord had commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the booke... Focus ↗

32 Also he wrote there vpon the stones, a rehearsall of the Lawe of Moses, which he wrote in the presen... Focus ↗

33 And all Israel (and their Elders, and officers and their iudges stoode on this side of the Arke, and... Focus ↗

34 Then afterwarde hee read all the wordes of the Lawe, the blessings and cursings, according to all th... Focus ↗

35 There was not a worde of all that Moses had commanded, which Ioshua read not before all the Congrega... Focus ↗

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Book: Joshua
Chapter: Chapter 8 (35 verses)
Version: Geneva Bible

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