Joshua 8
King James Version with Strongs Numbers - Joshua 8 << | >> 123456789101112131415161718192021222324 8:1 And the LORD3068 said0559 unto Joshua3091, Fear3372 not, neither be thou dismayed2865: take3947 all the people5971 of war4421 with thee, and arise6965, go up5927 to Ai5857: see7200, I have given5414 into thy hand3027 the king4428 of Ai5857, and his people5971, and his city5892, and his land0776: 8:2 And thou shalt do6213 to Ai5857 and her king4428 as thou didst6213 unto Jericho3405 and her king4428: only the spoil7998 thereof, and the cattle0929 thereof, shall ye take for a prey0962 unto yourselves: lay7760 thee an ambush0693 for the city5892 behind0310 it. 8:3 So Joshua3091 arose6965, and all the people5971 of war4421, to go up5927 against Ai5857: and Joshua3091 chose out0977 thirty7970 thousand0505 mighty1368 men0376 of valour2428, and sent them away7971 by night3915. 8:4 And he commanded6680 them, saying0559, Behold7200, ye shall lie in wait0693 against the city5892, {even} behind0310 the city5892: go7368 not very3966 far7368 from the city5892, but be ye all ready3559: 8:5 And I, and all the people5971 that {are} with me, will approach7126 unto the city5892: and it shall come to pass, when they come out3318 against7125 us, as at the first7223, that we will flee5127 before6440 them, 8:6 (For they will come out3318 after0310 us) till we have drawn5423 them from the city5892; for they will say0559, They flee5127 before6440 us, as at the first7223: therefore we will flee5127 before6440 them. 8:7 Then ye shall rise up6965 from the ambush0693, and seize3423 upon the city5892: for the LORD3068 your God0430 will deliver5414 it into your hand3027. 8:8 And it shall be, when ye have taken8610 the city5892, {that} ye shall set3341 the city5892 on fire0784: according to the commandment1697 of the LORD3068 shall ye do6213. See7200, I have commanded6680 you. 8:9 Joshua3091 therefore sent them forth7971: and they went3212 to lie in ambush3993, and abode3427 between Bethel1008 and Ai5857, on the west side3220 of Ai5857: but Joshua3091 lodged3885 that night3915 among8432 the people5971. 8:10 And Joshua3091 rose up early7925 in the morning1242, and numbered6485 the people5971, and went up5927, he and the elders2205 of Israel3478, before6440 the people5971 to Ai5857. 8:11 And all the people5971, {even the people} of war4421 that {were} with him, went up5927, and drew nigh5066, and came0935 before the city5892, and pitched2583 on the north side6828 of Ai5857: now {there was} a valley1516 between them and Ai5857. 8:12 And he took3947 about five2568 thousand0505 men0376, and set7760 them to lie in ambush0693 between Bethel1008 and Ai5857, on the west side3220 of the city5857-5892. 8:13 And when they had set7760 the people5971, {even} all the host4264 that {was} on the north6828 of the city5892, and their liers in wait6119 on the west3220 of the city5892, Joshua3091 went3212 that night3915 into the midst8432 of the valley6010. 8:14 And it came to pass, when the king4428 of Ai5857 saw7200 {it}, that they hasted4116 and rose up early7925, and the men0582 of the city5892 went out3318 against7125 Israel3478 to battle4421, he and all his people5971, at a time appointed4150, before6440 the plain6160; but he wist3045 not that {there were} liers in ambush0693 against him behind0310 the city5892. 8:15 And Joshua3091 and all Israel3478 made as if they were beaten5060 before6440 them, and fled5127 by the way1870 of the wilderness4057. 8:16 And all the people5971 that {were} in Ai5857-5892 were called2199 together to pursue7291 after0310 them: and they pursued7291 after0310 Joshua3091, and were drawn away5423 from the city5892. 8:17 And there was not a man0376 left7604 in Ai5857 or Bethel1008, that went not out3318 after0310 Israel3478: and they left5800 the city5892 open6605, and pursued7291 after Israel3478. 8:18 And the LORD3068 said0559 unto Joshua3091, Stretch out5186 the spear3591 that {is} in thy hand3027 toward Ai5857; for I will give5414 it into thine hand3027. And Joshua3091 stretched out5186 the spear3591 that {he had} in his hand3027 toward the city5892. 8:19 And the ambush0693 arose6965 quickly4120 out of their place4725, and they ran7323 as soon as he had stretched out5186 his hand3027: and they entered0935 into the city5892, and took3920 it, and hasted4116 and set3341 the city5892 on fire0784. 8:20 And when the men0582 of Ai5857 looked6437 behind0310 them, they saw7200, and, behold, the smoke6227 of the city5892 ascended up5927 to heaven8064, and they had no power3027 to flee5127 this way or that way2008: and the people5971 that fled5127 to the wilderness4057 turned back2015 upon the pursuers7291. 8:21 And when Joshua3091 and all Israel3478 saw7200 that the ambush0693 had taken3920 the city5892, and that the smoke6227 of the city5892 ascended5927, then they turned again7725, and slew5221 the men0582 of Ai5857. 8:22 And the other0428 issued out3318 of the city5892 against7125 them; so they were in the midst8432 of Israel3478, some on this side, and some on that side: and they smote5221 them, so that5704 they let7604 none of them remain8300 or escape6412. 8:23 And the king4428 of Ai5857 they took8610 alive2416, and brought7126 him to Joshua3091. 8:24 And it came to pass, when Israel3478 had made an end3615 of slaying2026 all the inhabitants3427 of Ai5857 in the field7704, in the wilderness4057 wherein they chased7291 them, and when they were all fallen5307 on the edge6310 of the sword2719, until they were consumed8552, that all the Israelites3478 returned7725 unto Ai5857, and smote5221 it with the edge6310 of the sword2719. 8:25 And {so} it was, {that} all that fell5307 that day3117, both of men0376 and women0802, {were} twelve8147-6240 thousand0505, {even} all the men0582 of Ai5857. 8:26 For Joshua3091 drew7725 not his hand3027 back7725, wherewith he stretched out5186 the spear3591, until he had utterly destroyed2763 all the inhabitants3427 of Ai5857. 8:27 Only the cattle0929 and the spoil7998 of that city5892 Israel3478 took for a prey0962 unto themselves, according unto the word1697 of the LORD3068 which he commanded6680 Joshua3091. 8:28 And Joshua3091 burnt8313 Ai5857, and made7760 it an heap8510 for ever5769, {even} a desolation8077 unto this day3117. 8:29 And the king4428 of Ai5857 he hanged8518 on a tree6086 until eventide6256-6153: and as soon as the sun8121 was down0935, Joshua3091 commanded6680 that they should take3381 his carcase5038 down3381 from the tree6086, and cast7993 it at the entering6607 of the gate8179 of the city5892, and raise6965 thereon a great1419 heap1530 of stones0068, {that remaineth} unto this day3117. 8:30 Then Joshua3091 built1129 an altar4196 unto the LORD3068 God0430 of Israel3478 in mount2022 Ebal5858, 8:31 As Moses4872 the servant5650 of the LORD3068 commanded6680 the children1121 of Israel3478, as it is written3789 in the book5612 of the law8451 of Moses4872, an altar4196 of whole8003 stones0068, over which no man hath lift up5130 {any} iron1270: and they offered5927 thereon burnt offerings5930 unto the LORD3068, and sacrificed2076 peace offerings8002. 8:32 And he wrote3789 there upon the stones0068 a copy4932 of the law8451 of Moses4872, which he wrote3789 in the presence6440 of the children1121 of Israel3478. 8:33 And all Israel3478, and their elders2205, and officers7860, and their judges8199, stood5975 on this side the ark0727 and on that side before the priests3548 the Levites3881, which bare5375 the ark0727 of the covenant1285 of the LORD3068, as well the stranger1616, as he that was born0249 among them; half2677 of them over0413 against4136 mount2022 Gerizim1630, and half2677 of them over against4136 mount2022 Ebal5858; as Moses4872 the servant5650 of the LORD3068 had commanded6680 before7223, that they should bless1288 the people5971 of Israel3478. 8:34 And afterward0310 he read7121 all the words1697 of the law8451, the blessings1293 and cursings7045, according to all that is written3789 in the book5612 of the law8451. 8:35 There was not a word1697 of all that Moses4872 commanded6680, which Joshua3091 read7121 not before all the congregation6951 of Israel3478, with the women0802, and the little ones2945, and the strangers1616 that were conversant1980 among7130 them.