Verse 4

Joshua 8:4

Noah Webster Bible

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4 And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, even 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 the LORD said to Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed: take all the people of war with the... Focus ↗

2 And thou shalt do to Ai and her king, as thou didst to Jericho and her king: only its spoil, and its... Focus ↗

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

4 And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, even behind the city:...

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

6 (For they will come out after us) till we have drawn them from the city; for they will say, They fle... Focus ↗

7 Then ye shall rise from the ambush and seize upon the city: for the LORD your God (Elohim) will deli... Focus ↗

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

9 Joshua therefore sent them forth; and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Beth-el and Ai,... Focus ↗

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

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

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

13 And when they had set the people, even all the host that was on the north of the city, and their lie... Focus ↗

14 And it came to pass when the king of Ai saw it , that they hasted and rose early, and the men of the... 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 Ai were called together to pursue them: and they pursued Joshua, and... 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 to Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is in thy hand towards Ai; for I will give i... 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 to h... 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 issued 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 made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, i... Focus ↗

25 And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all th... Focus ↗

26 For Joshua drew not his hand back with which he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destro... Focus ↗

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

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

29 And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until evening: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua comman... Focus ↗

30 Then Joshua built an altar to the LORD 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 the... Focus ↗

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

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

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

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Book: Joshua
Chapter: Chapter 8 (35 verses)
Version: Noah Webster Bible

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