1 And the LORD 3068 said 559 unto Joshua 3091, Fear 3372 not, neither be thou dismayed 2865: take 3947 all the people 5971 of war 4421 with thee, and arise 6965, go up 5927 to Ai 5857: see 7200, I have given 5414 into thy hand 3027 the king 4428 of Ai 5857, and his people 5971, and his city 5892, and his land 776:
2 And thou shalt do 6213 to Ai 5857 and her king 4428 as thou didst 6213 unto Jericho 3405 and her king 4428: only the spoil 7998 thereof, and the cattle 929 thereof, shall ye take for a prey 962 unto yourselves: lay 7760 thee an ambush 693 for the city 5892 behind 310 it.
3 So Joshua 3091 arose 6965, and all the people 5971 of war 4421, to go up 5927 against Ai 5857: and Joshua 3091 chose out 977 thirty 7970 thousand 505 mighty 1368 men 376 of valour 2428, and sent them away 7971 by night 3915.
4 And he commanded 6680 them, saying 559, Behold 7200, ye shall lie in wait 693 against the city 5892, even behind 310 the city 5892: go 7368 0 not very 3966 far 7368 from the city 5892, but be ye all ready 3559:
5 And I, and all the people 5971 that are with me, will approach 7126 unto the city 5892: and it shall come to pass, when they come out 3318 against 7125 us, as at the first 7223, that we will flee 5127 before 6440 them,
6 (For they will come out 3318 after 310 us) till we have drawn 5423 them from the city 5892; for they will say 559, They flee 5127 before 6440 us, as at the first 7223: therefore we will flee 5127 before 6440 them.
7 Then ye shall rise up 6965 from the ambush 693, and seize 3423 upon the city 5892: for the LORD 3068 your God 430 will deliver 5414 it into your hand 3027.
8 And it shall be, when ye have taken 8610 the city 5892, that ye shall set 3341 the city 5892 on fire 784: according to the commandment 1697 of the LORD 3068 shall ye do 6213. See 7200, I have commanded 6680 you.
9 Joshua 3091 therefore sent them forth 7971: and they went 3212 to lie in ambush 3993, and abode 3427 between Bethel 1008 and Ai 5857, on the west side 3220 of Ai 5857: but Joshua 3091 lodged 3885 that night 3915 among 8432 the people 5971.
10 And Joshua 3091 rose up early 7925 in the morning 1242, and numbered 6485 the people 5971, and went up 5927, he and the elders 2205 of Israel 3478, before 6440 the people 5971 to Ai 5857.
11 And all the people 5971, even the people of war 4421 that were with him, went up 5927, and drew nigh 5066, and came 935 before the city 5892, and pitched 2583 on the north side 6828 of Ai 5857: now there was a valley 1516 between them and Ai 5857.
12 And he took 3947 about five 2568 thousand 505 men 376, and set 7760 them to lie in ambush 693 between Bethel 1008 and Ai 5857, on the west side 3220 of the city 5857 5892.
13 And when they had set 7760 the people 5971, even all the host 4264 that was on the north 6828 of the city 5892, and their liers in wait 6119 on the west 3220 of the city 5892, Joshua 3091 went 3212 that night 3915 into the midst 8432 of the valley 6010.
14 And it came to pass, when the king 4428 of Ai 5857 saw 7200 it, that they hasted 4116 and rose up early 7925, and the men 582 of the city 5892 went out 3318 against 7125 Israel 3478 to battle 4421, he and all his people 5971, at a time appointed 4150, before 6440 the plain 6160; but he wist 3045 not that there were liers in ambush 693 against him behind 310 the city 5892.
15 And Joshua 3091 and all Israel 3478 made as if they were beaten 5060 before 6440 them, and fled 5127 by the way 1870 of the wilderness 4057.
16 And all the people 5971 that were in Ai 5857 5892 were called 2199 together to pursue 7291 after 310 them: and they pursued 7291 after 310 Joshua 3091, and were drawn away 5423 from the city 5892.
17 And there was not a man 376 left 7604 in Ai 5857 or Bethel 1008, that went not out 3318 after 310 Israel 3478: and they left 5800 the city 5892 open 6605, and pursued 7291 after Israel 3478.
18 And the LORD 3068 said 559 unto Joshua 3091, Stretch out 5186 the spear 3591 that is in thy hand 3027 toward Ai 5857; for I will give 5414 it into thine hand 3027. And Joshua 3091 stretched out 5186 the spear 3591 that he had in his hand 3027 toward the city 5892.
19 And the ambush 693 arose 6965 quickly 4120 out of their place 4725, and they ran 7323 as soon as he had stretched out 5186 his hand 3027: and they entered 935 into the city 5892, and took 3920 it, and hasted 4116 and set 3341 the city 5892 on fire 784.
20 And when the men 582 of Ai 5857 looked 6437 behind 310 them, they saw 7200, and, behold, the smoke 6227 of the city 5892 ascended up 5927 to heaven 8064, and they had no power 3027 to flee 5127 this way or that way 2008: and the people 5971 that fled 5127 to the wilderness 4057 turned back 2015 upon the pursuers 7291.
21 And when Joshua 3091 and all Israel 3478 saw 7200 that the ambush 693 had taken 3920 the city 5892, and that the smoke 6227 of the city 5892 ascended 5927, then they turned again 7725, and slew 5221 the men 582 of Ai 5857.
22 And the other 428 issued out 3318 of the city 5892 against 7125 them; so they were in the midst 8432 of Israel 3478, some on this side, and some on that side: and they smote 5221 them, so that 5704 they let 7604 none of them remain 8300 or escape 6412.
23 And the king 4428 of Ai 5857 they took 8610 alive 2416, and brought 7126 him to Joshua 3091.
24 And it came to pass, when Israel 3478 had made an end 3615 of slaying 2026 all the inhabitants 3427 of Ai 5857 in the field 7704, in the wilderness 4057 wherein they chased 7291 them, and when they were all fallen 5307 on the edge 6310 of the sword 2719, until they were consumed 8552, that all the Israelites 3478 returned 7725 unto Ai 5857, and smote 5221 it with the edge 6310 of the sword 2719.
25 And so it was, that all that fell 5307 that day 3117, both of men 376 and women 802, were twelve 8147 6240 thousand 505, even all the men 582 of Ai 5857.
26 For Joshua 3091 drew 7725 0 not his hand 3027 back 7725, wherewith he stretched out 5186 the spear 3591, until he had utterly destroyed 2763 all the inhabitants 3427 of Ai 5857.
27 Only the cattle 929 and the spoil 7998 of that city 5892 Israel 3478 took for a prey 962 unto themselves, according unto the word 1697 of the LORD 3068 which he commanded 6680 Joshua 3091.
28 And Joshua 3091 burnt 8313 Ai 5857, and made 7760 it an heap 8510 for ever 5769, even a desolation 8077 unto this day 3117.
29 And the king 4428 of Ai 5857 he hanged 8518 on a tree 6086 until eventide 6256 6153: and as soon as the sun 8121 was down 935, Joshua 3091 commanded 6680 that they should take 3381 0 his carcase 5038 down 3381 from the tree 6086, and cast 7993 it at the entering 6607 of the gate 8179 of the city 5892, and raise 6965 thereon a great 1419 heap 1530 of stones 68, that remaineth unto this day 3117.
30 Then Joshua 3091 built 1129 an altar 4196 unto the LORD 3068 God 430 of Israel 3478 in mount 2022 Ebal 5858,
31 As Moses 4872 the servant 5650 of the LORD 3068 commanded 6680 the children 1121 of Israel 3478, as it is written 3789 in the book 5612 of the law 8451 of Moses 4872, an altar 4196 of whole 8003 stones 68, over which no man hath lift up 5130 any iron 1270: and they offered 5927 thereon burnt offerings 5930 unto the LORD 3068, and sacrificed 2076 peace offerings 8002.
32 And he wrote 3789 there upon the stones 68 a copy 4932 of the law 8451 of Moses 4872, which he wrote 3789 in the presence 6440 of the children 1121 of Israel 3478.
33 And all Israel 3478, and their elders 2205, and officers 7860, and their judges 8199, stood 5975 on this side the ark 727 and on that side before the priests 3548 the Levites 3881, which bare 5375 the ark 727 of the covenant 1285 of the LORD 3068, as well the stranger 1616, as he that was born 249 among them; half 2677 of them over 413 against 4136 mount 2022 Gerizim 1630, and half 2677 of them over against 4136 mount 2022 Ebal 5858; as Moses 4872 the servant 5650 of the LORD 3068 had commanded 6680 before 7223, that they should bless 1288 the people 5971 of Israel 3478.
34 And afterward 310 he read 7121 all the words 1697 of the law 8451, the blessings 1293 and cursings 7045, according to all that is written 3789 in the book 5612 of the law 8451.
35 There was not a word 1697 of all that Moses 4872 commanded 6680, which Joshua 3091 read 7121 not before all the congregation 6951 of Israel 3478, with the women 802, and the little ones 2945, and the strangers 1616 that were conversant 1980 among 7130 them.