NOW after the death of Moses the servant | of the LORD, the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying, 2 Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel. 3 Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as 4 I said unto Moses. From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the 5 sun, shall be your coast. There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, 6 nor forsake thee. Be strong and of a good courage for thou shalt cause this people to inherit the land, which I swore unto 7 their fathers to give them. Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper 8 whithersoever thou goest. This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. 9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, nefther be thou dismayed; for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

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Then Joshua commanded the officers of 11 the people, saying, Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the LORD your God giveth you to possess.

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And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh, 13 spake Joshua, saying, Remember the word which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, saying, The LORD your God hath given you rest, and hath given 14 you this land. Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side the Jordan; but ye shall pass before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of 15 valour, and help them; until the LORD have given your brethren rest, as he hath given you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God giveth them then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and enjoy it, which Moses the LORD'S servant gave you on this side the Jordan toward the sunrising.

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And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go. 17 According as we hearkened unto Moses in

all things, so will we hearken unto thee: only the LORD thy God be with thee, as 18 he was with Moses. Whosoever he be that doth rebel against thy commandment, and will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be

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AND Joshua the son of Nun sent out of 2 Shittim two men as spies, secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into a harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there.

And it was told the king of Jericho, say-2 ing, Behold, there came men in hither tonight of the children of Israel to search out the country. And the king of Jericho 3 sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men who are come to thee, who are entered into thy house: for they are come to search out all the country.

And the woman took the two men, and 4 hid them, and said, It is true, there came men unto me, but I knew not whence they came and about the time of shutting of 5 the gate, when it was dark, the men went out whither the men went I know not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them. (But she had taken them 6 up to the roof of the house, and hid them. with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.) And the men 7 pursued after them the way to the Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they who pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.

And before they were laid down, she 8 went up unto them upon the roof; and 9 she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that the dread of you is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you: for we have heard how 10 the LORD dried up the water of the Red Sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, who were on the other side the Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed. And as soon as we had heard 11 these things, our hearts melted, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in the heavens above, and in earth beneath. Now therefore, I pray 12 you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have showed you kindness, that ye will also show kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token: and that ye will 13 save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.

And the men answered her, Our life for 14 yours, if thou utter not this our business. And when the LORD hath given us the land, we will deal kindly and truly with thee. Then she let them down 15 by a cord through the window; for her house was upon the side of the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall. And she 16 said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned; and afterward may ye go your way.

And the men said unto her, We will be 17 blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear. Behold, when we 18 come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which

thou didst let us down by; and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household, 19 home unto thee. And whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless; and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon 29 him. And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which 21 thou hast made us to swear. And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed; and she bound the scarlet line in the window.

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And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but 23 found them not. So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things that befell 24 them: and they said unto Joshua, Truly the LORD hath delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint because of us. 3 And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed 2 over. And after three days, the officers went 3 through the host; and they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go 4 after it. Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore.

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And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words 10 of the LORD your God. And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, 11 and the Amorites, and the Jebusites. Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you 12 into the Jordan. Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out 13 of every tribe a man. And as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests who bear the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan shall be cut off, even the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand upon a heap.

And when the people removed from their 14 tents, to pass over the Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people; and as they who bare the 15 ark were come unto the Jordan, and the feet of the priests who bare the ark were dipped in the edge of the water, (for the Jordan overfloweth all its banks all the time of harvest,) the waters which came 16 down from above stood and rose up upon a heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Žaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, were entirely cut of; and the people passed over right against Jericho. And the priests who bare the ark of the 17 covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people had completely passed over the Jordan.

And when all the people had completely 4 passed over the Jordan, the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying, Take you twelve men 2 out of the people, out of every tribe a man, and command ye them, saying, Take you 3 hence out of the midst of the Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night. Then Joshua called the twelve 4 men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man: and Joshua said unto them, Pass over be- 5 fore the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of the Jordan, and take you up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel: that this may be a 6 sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones? Then ye 7 shall answer them, That the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.

And the children of Israel did so as 8 Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of the Jordan, as the LORD spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there. And Joshua set up 9 twelve other stones in the midst of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests who bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this day.

For the priests who bare the ark stood 10 in the midst of the Jordan, until every thing was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hastened and passed over. And when all the people had en- 11 tirely passed over, the ark of the LORD passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the people. And the children of 12 Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spake unto them: about forty thousand ready 13 armed for war passed over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.

On that day the LORD magnified Joshua 14 in the sight of all Israel; and they feared

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And the LORD spake unto Joshua, say16 ing, Command the priests who bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of 17 the Jordan. Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of 18 the Jordan. And when the priests who bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD were come up out of the midst of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests' feet were lifted upon the dry land, the waters of the Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed over all its banks, as they did before.

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And the people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east bor20 der of Jericho. And those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, did 21 Joshua pitch in Gilgal. And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these 22 stones? Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jor23 dan on dry land. For the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red Sea, which he dried up from before us, 24 until we were gone over: that all the people of this land might know that the hand of the LORD is mighty; and that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever.

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AND when all the kings of the Amorites, who were on the side of the Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, who were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of the Jordan from before the children of Israel, until they were passed over, their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.

2 At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives of flints, and circumcise again the children of Israel the 3 second time. And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at Gibeah-aaraloth [THE HILL OF 4 THE FORESKINS]. And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: all the people who came out of Egypt, who were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came out of 5 Egypt. Now all the people who came out were circumcised; but all the people who were born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out of Egypt, they had not 6 circumcised. For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people who were men of war, who came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD sware that he would not show them the land, which the LORD sware unto their fathers that he would give them, a land that floweth with milk 7 and honey. And their children, whom he raised up in their stead, them Joshua circumcised; for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them by 8 the way. And when they had done circumcising all the people, they abode in their places in the camp, till they were 9 whole. And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you: wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto this day. AND the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the four

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teenth day of the month at evening in the plains of Jericho. And they did eat of the 11 produce of the last year of the land on the morrow after the passover, unleavened cakes, and parched corn on the selfsame day. And the manna ceased on the mor- 12 row after they had eaten of the produce of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.

And when Joshua was in the plains of 13 Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand : and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries? And he answered him, As cap- 14 tain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant? And 15 the captain of the LORD'S host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.

Now Jericho was closely shut up because 6 of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in. And the LORD said 2 unto Joshua, See, I have given into thy hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour. And ye shall 3 compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days. And seven priests shall 4 bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns; and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets. And 5 when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.

AND Joshua the son of Nun called the 6 priests, and said unto them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD. And he said unto 7 the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let him who is armed pass on before the ark of the LORD.

And when Joshua had spoken unto the 8 people, the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns passed on before the LORD, and blew with the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them. And the armed men went 9 before the priests who blew with the trumpets, and the gathering hosts came after the ark, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets. And Joshua had com- 10 manded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor make your voice to be heard, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout. So the ark of the 11 LORD compassed the city, going about it once and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.

And Joshua rose early in the morning, 12 and the priests took up the ark of the LORD. And seven priests bearing seven 13 trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD went on continually, and blew with the trumpets; and the armed meu went before them; but the gathering hosts came after the ark of the LORD, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets. And the second day they compassed the 14

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eity once, and returned into the camp: so they did six days.

And on the seventh day they rose early about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on that day they compassed 16 the city seven times. And at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for the LORD hath given you the city. 17 And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that is therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all who are with her in the house, because she hid 18 the messengers whom we sent. And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trou19 ble it. But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are consecrated unto the LORD: they shall come into the treasury of the LORD.

20 So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, the wall fell down, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before 21 him, and they took the city. And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.

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But Joshua had said unto the two men who had spied out the country, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye 23 sware unto her. And the young men who were the spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel.

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And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD.

And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

26 And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, who riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.

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So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was noised throughout, all the country.

BUT the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed things; for Achar, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing; and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel. 2 And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the 3 men went up and viewed Ai. And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the people to 4 labour thither; for they are but few. So

there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai. And the men of Ai smote 5 of them about thirty and six men; for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down of the sun: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.

And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to 6 the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads. And Joshua said, Alas! O Lord 7 God, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over the Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? Oh that we had been content, and remained on the other side the Jordan! O 8 Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies! For the 9 Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do for thy great name?

And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get 10 thee up; wherefore fallest thou thus upon thy face? Israel hath sinned, and they 11 have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff. There- 12 fore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you. Up, sanctify the people, 13 and say, Prepare yourselves against tomorrow; for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Isracl: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you. In the morning therefore ye shall be 14 brought according to your tribes; and the tribe which the LORD taketh shall come according to the families thereof; and the family which the LORD shall take shall come by households; and the household which the LORD shall take shall come man by man. And he who is taken with 15 the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he hath wrought

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So Joshua rose up early in the morning, 16 and brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken: and he 17 brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zarhites; and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was taken: and he brought his 18 household man by man; and Achar, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.

And Joshua said unto Achar, My son, 19 give, I pray thee, glory to the LORD God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me. And Achar answered 20 Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done: when I saw among 21 the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, be

hold, they are hid in the earth in the midst 22 of my tent, and the silver under it. So Joshua seut messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his 23 tent, and the silver under it. And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them unto Joshua, and unto all the children of Israel, and laid them out before the LORD.

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And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achar the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had; and they brought them unto the valley of Achor. 25 And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned them with stones, and after they had stoned them with stones, they burned him and all that belonged to 26 him with fire. And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place is called, The valley of Achor [TROUBLE], unto this day.

8 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, 2 and his land: 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.

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So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour, and sent them away by night. 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 5 ye all ready: and I, and all the people who are with me, will approach unto the city; and when they come out against us, as at 6 the first, we will flee 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: there7 fore we will flee before them. Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city for the LORD your God 8 will deliver it into your hand. And when ye have taken the city, ye shall set the city on fire: according to the commandment of the LORD shall ye do. See, I have com9 manded you. 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.

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And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the 11 people to Ai. And all the people, even the people of war who 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 12 Ai. And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of the 13 city. And when they had set the people, even all the host who were on the north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the 14 midst of the valley. And when the king of

Ai and his people saw them, they hastened 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 knew not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city. And Joshua and all Israel made as 15 if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness. And all the 16 people who were in Ai were called together to pursue after them; and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city. And there was not a man left in 17 Ai, who went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.

And the LORD said unto Joshua, Stretch 18 out the spear that is in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thy hand. And Joshua stretched out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city. And the am- 19 bush 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 hastened and set the city on fire. And when the men of Ai looked be- 20 hind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to the hea vens, and they had no power to flee this way or that way; and the people who fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers. And when Joshua and all Israel 21 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 the other issued out of the city 22 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 took alive, and 23 brought him to Joshua.

And when Israel had made an end of 24 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, all the Israelites returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword. And all who fell that day, both of men and 25 women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai. For Joshua drew not his hand 26 back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai. Only the cattle and 27 the spoil of that city the children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves, according unto the word of the LORD which he commanded Joshua. And Joshua burnt Ai, 23 and made it a heap for ever, even a desolation unto this day. And the king of Ai he 29 hanged on a tree until eventide; and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase 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 Joshua built an altar unto the 30 LORD God of Israel in mount Ebal, as 31 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 lifted up any iron: and they offered thereon burnt offerings unto the LORD, and saerificed peace offerings. And he wrote there 32 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 their 33