Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
And Jehovah
saith
unto Joshua, `
Fear not, nor
be affrighted,
take with
thee
all the people of war, and rise
, go up to Ai ;
see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land ,
And the
LORD
said
unto Joshua, Fear not, neither
be thou
dismayed:
take all the people of war with
thee
, and arise
, go up to Ai :
see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land :
and thou hast
done
to Ai and to
her king as thou hast
done
to
Jericho and to
her king ;
only ,
its
spoil and its
cattle ye spoil
for yourselves ;
set
for
thee an ambush for the city at
its
rear
. '
And thou shalt
do
to Ai and her king as thou didst
unto
Jericho and her king :
only the
spoil thereof,
and the
cattle thereof,
shall
ye take
for a
prey
unto
yourselves :
lay
thee an ambush for the city behind
it
.
And
Joshua riseth
, and all the people of war, to go up to
Ai ,
and Joshua chooseth
thirty thousand men,
mighty ones
of valour
, and sendeth
them away by night ,
So
Joshua arose
, and all the people of war, to go up against
Ai :
and Joshua chose
out
thirty thousand mighty men
of valor
, and sent
them away by night .
and commandeth
them, saying, `See
, ye are
liers
in wait against the city, at
the
rear
of
the city ,
ye
go not very far off
from the city, and
all of
you
have
been
prepared,
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:
and I and all the people who
`
are '
with me draw
near
unto the city ,
and it hath
come to pass when they come out to
meet
us as at the first, and
we have
fled
before them,
And I ,
and all the people that
are with me ,
will
approach
unto the city :
and it shall
come to pass ,
when they come out against
us ,
as at the first, that
we will
flee
before them,
and
they have
come out after us till we have drawn them out
of
the city ,
for they say, They are
fleeing
before us as at the first ,
and
we have
fled
before them ,
(For
they will
come out after us )
till we have drawn them from
the city ;
for they will
say, They flee
before us ,
as at the first :
therefore
we will
flee
before them .
and
ye rise from the ambush, and have
occupied
the city ,
and
Jehovah
your God hath
given
it into your hand ;
Then
ye shall
rise up
from the ambush, and seize
upon
the city :
for
the
LORD
your God will
deliver
it into your hand .
and it hath
been
, when ye capture
the city, ye burn
the city with
fire ,
according to the word
of Jehovah
ye do ,
see, I have commanded you. '
And it shall
be
, when ye have
taken
the city, that
ye shall
set
the city on
fire :
according to the commandment
of the
LORD
shall
ye do .
See, I have commanded you.
And
Joshua sendeth
them away,
and they go
unto
the
ambush, and abide
between Bethel and Ai, on the west of Ai ;
and
Joshua lodgeth
on
that night in
the
midst
of
the people.
Joshua therefore
sent
them forth:
and they went
to
lie
in
ambush, and abode
between Bethel and Ai, on the west side
of Ai :
but
Joshua lodged
that night among
the people.
And Joshua riseth
early in the morning, and inspecteth
the people, and goeth
up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai ;
And Joshua rose
up
early in the morning, and numbered
the people, and went
up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai .
and all the people of war who
`are'
with him have
gone
up, and draw
nigh and come
in
over-against
the city, and encamp
on the north of Ai ;
and
the
valley `is'
between him
and Ai.
And all the people ,
even
the
people
of war that
were
with him ,
went
up, and drew
nigh ,
and came
before
the city, and pitched
on the north side
of Ai :
now
there
was
a
valley between them
and Ai.
And he taketh
about five thousand men, and setteth
them an
ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west of the city ;
And he took
about five thousand men, and set
them to
lie
in
ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side
of the city .
and they set the people, all the camp
which
`is'
on the north of the city, and its
rear
on the west of the city, and
Joshua goeth
on
that night into the midst of the valley.
And when
they had
set the people, even
all the host
that
was
on the north of the city, and their
liers
in
wait
on the west of the city, Joshua went
that night into the midst of the valley.
And it cometh
to pass, when the king of Ai seeth
`
it '
, that hasten,
and rise
early, and go
out
do
the men of the city to
meet
Israel for
battle, he and all his people, at the
appointed season
, at
the
front
of
the plain ,
and
he hath
not known
that an
ambush `is'
against him ,
on
the
rear
of
the city.
And it came
to pass, when the king of Ai saw
it, that they
hasted
and rose
up
early, and the men of the city went
out
against
Israel to
battle, he and all his people, at a
time
appointed, before
the plain ;
but
he wist
not that there
were
liers
in
ambush against him behind
the city.
And Joshua and all Israel `seem'
stricken
before them, and flee
the way of the wilderness ,
And Joshua and all Israel made
as
if
they
were
beaten
before them, and fled
by
the way of the wilderness .
and all the people who
`are'
in the
city
are
called to pursue after them ,
and they pursue
after Joshua, and are
drawn away out
of
the city ,
And all the people that
were
in Ai
were
called together
to pursue after them :
and they pursued
after Joshua, and were
drawn away from
the city .
and there hath
not been
left
a man in Ai and
Bethel who
hath
not gone
out after Israel ,
and they leave
the city open, and pursue
after Israel.
And there was
not a man left
in Ai or
Bethel ,
that
went
not out after Israel :
and they left
the city open, and pursued
after Israel.
And Jehovah
saith
unto Joshua, `
Stretch out with
the javelin
which
`
is '
in thy hand towards
Ai ,
for into
thy
hand
I give it ;'
and Joshua stretcheth
out with
the javelin
which
`is'
in his hand toward the city ,
And the
LORD
said
unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear
that
is in thy hand toward
Ai ;
for I will
give it into
thine
hand.
And Joshua stretched
out the spear
that
he
had
in his hand toward the city .
and the ambush hath
risen
`with'
haste,
out of its
place, and they run
at
the
stretching
out of
his hand ,
and go
into the city, and capture
it, and hasten,
and burn
the city with
fire.
And the ambush arose
quickly
out of their
place, and they ran
as
soon
as
he
had
stretched
out his hand :
and they
entered
into the city, and took
it, and hasted
and set
the city on
fire.
And the men of Ai look
behind them, and
see
, and lo
, the smoke of the city hath
gone
up unto
the
heavens
, and there
hath
not
been
in
them
power to flee hither
and
thither
--
and the people who
are
fleeing
to the wilderness have
turned against
the pursuer,
--
And when
the men of Ai looked
behind them, they
saw
, and, behold,
the smoke of the city ascended
up to
heaven
, and they
had
no
power to flee this
way
or
that
way:
and the people that
fled
to the wilderness turned back
upon
the pursuers.
and Joshua and all Israel have
seen
that the ambush hath
captured
the city, and that the smoke of the city hath
gone
up
, and
they turn
back
and smite
the men of Ai ;
And when
Joshua and all Israel saw
that the ambush had
taken
the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended
, then
they turned
again,
and slew
the men of Ai .
and these
have
come
out from
the city to
meet
them ,
and
they are
in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that ,
and they smite
them till
he
hath
not
left
to
them a
remnant
and
escaped
one;
And the
other
issued
out of
the city against
them ;
so
they were
in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side:
and they smote
them ,
so
that
they
let
none
of
them remain
or
escape.
and the king of Ai they caught
alive, and bring
him near
unto
Joshua.
And the king of Ai they took
alive, and brought
him to
Joshua.
And it cometh
to pass, at
Israel's
finishing
to
slay
all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness in
which
they pursued
them (
and they fall
all of
them
by
the mouth
of the sword till
their
consumption)
, that all Israel
turn
back
to
Ai, and smite
it by
the mouth
of the sword ;
And it came
to pass, when
Israel
had
made
an
end
of
slaying
all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein
they chased
them ,
and when
they were
all fallen
on
the edge
of the sword, until
they
were
consumed,
that all the
Israelites
returned
unto
Ai, and smote
it with
the edge
of the sword .
and all who
fall
during
the
day, of men and of
women, are
twelve thousand --
all men of Ai.
And so
it
was,
that
all that
fell
that
day, both
of men and women, were
twelve thousand ,
even
all the
men of Ai.
And
Joshua hath
not brought
back
his hand which
he stretched out with
the javelin
till
that
he hath
devoted
all the inhabitants of Ai ;
For
Joshua drew
not his hand back,
wherewith
he stretched out the spear,
until
he had
utterly
destroyed
all the inhabitants of Ai .
only ,
the cattle and the spoil of that city have
Israel spoiled
for themselves, according to
the word of Jehovah
which He commanded Joshua.
Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took
for a
prey
unto
themselves, according unto
the word of the
LORD
which he commanded Joshua.
And Joshua burneth
Ai, and maketh
it a
heap age-during
--
a desolation unto this day ;
And Joshua burnt
Ai, and made
it an
heap for
ever,
even
a desolation unto this day .
and the king of Ai he hath
hanged on the
tree till
even-time,
and at
the
going
in
of
the sun hath
Joshua commanded ,
and
they take down
his carcase
from the tree, and cast it unto
the opening
of the gate of the city, and raise over
it
a great heap of stones till
this day.
And the king of Ai he hanged on a
tree until
eventide:
and as
soon
as
the sun was
down,
Joshua commanded that
they should
take his carcass
down
from the tree, and cast it at
the entering
of the gate of the city, and raise thereon
a great heap of stones ,
that
remaineth
unto
this day.
Then doth
Joshua build
an altar to
Jehovah,
God of Israel ,
in mount Ebal,
Then Joshua built
an altar unto
the
LORD
God of Israel in mount Ebal,
as Moses ,
servant of Jehovah,
commanded the sons
of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses --
an altar of whole stones, over which he
hath not
waved
iron --
and they cause
to
go
up
upon
it
burnt -
offerings to
Jehovah
, and sacrifice
peace -
offerings ;
As Moses the
servant of the
LORD
commanded the children
of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses ,
an altar of whole stones, over which no
man
hath lift
up
any
iron :
and they offered
thereon
burnt offerings unto
the
LORD
, and sacrificed
peace offerings .
and he writeth
there on
the stones the
copy of the law of Moses, which he hath
written
in the presence of the sons
of Israel.
And he wrote
there upon
the stones a
copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote
in the presence of the children
of Israel.
And all Israel, and its
elders, and authorities
, and its
judges, are
standing
on this side and on that of
the
ark,
over-against
the priests ,
the Levites, bearing
the ark of the covenant of Jehovah
, as well the sojourner
as
the
native
, half of them over -
against mount Gerizim, and the
half of them over -
against mount Ebal ,
as Moses servant of Jehovah
commanded to
bless the people of Israel at
the
first
.
And all Israel, and their
elders, and officers
, and their
judges, stood
on this side the
ark
and on that side
before
the priests the Levites, which
bare
the ark of the covenant of the
LORD
, as well the stranger
, as
he
that
was
born
among
them;
half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal ;
as Moses the
servant of the
LORD
had
commanded before,
that
they
should
bless the people of Israel.
And afterwards
he hath
proclaimed
all the words of the law, the blessing
and the
reviling
, according to all that is written in the book of the law ;
And afterward
he read
all the words of the law, the blessings
and cursings
, according to all that is written in the book of the law .
there hath
not been
a thing
of all that Moses commanded which Joshua hath
not proclaimed
before all the assembly
of Israel, and
the women, and the infants
, and the sojourner
who
is
going
in
their
midst
.
There was
not a word
of all that Moses commanded ,
which Joshua read
not before all the congregation
of Israel, with
the women, and the little
ones
, and the strangers
that
were
conversant
among
them
.
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