Joshua 第 8 章 - King James Strong Number Version

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And the LORD <H3068> said <H0559> unto Joshua, <H3091> Fear <H3372> not, neither be thou dismayed: <H2865> take <H3947> all the people <H5971> of war <H4421> with thee, and arise, <H6965> go up <H5927> to Ai: <H5857> see, <H7200> I have given <H5414> into thy hand <H3027> the king <H4428> of Ai, <H5857> and his people, <H5971> and his city, <H5892> and his land: <H0776>

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And thou shalt do <H6213> to Ai <H5857> and her king <H4428> as thou didst <H6213> unto Jericho <H3405> and her king: <H4428> only the spoil <H7998> thereof, and the cattle <H0929> thereof, shall ye take for a prey <H0962> unto yourselves: lay <H7760> thee an ambush <H0693> for the city <H5892> behind <H0310> it.

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So Joshua <H3091> arose, <H6965> and all the people <H5971> of war, <H4421> to go up <H5927> against Ai: <H5857> and Joshua <H3091> chose <H0977> out thirty <H7970> thousand <H0505> mighty <H1368> men <H0376> of valour, <H2428> and sent them away <H7971> by night. <H3915>

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And he commanded <H6680> them, saying, <H0559> Behold, <H7200> ye shall lie in wait <H0693> against the city, <H5892> [even] behind <H0310> the city: <H5892> go not very <H3966> far <H7368> from the city, <H5892> but be ye all ready: <H3559>

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And I, and all the people <H5971> that [are] with me, will approach <H7126> unto the city: <H5892> and it shall come to pass, when they come out <H3318> against <H7125> us, as at the first, <H7223> that we will flee <H5127> before <H6440> them,

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(For they will come out <H3318> after <H0310> us) till we have drawn <H5423> them from the city; <H5892> for they will say, <H0559> They flee <H5127> before <H6440> us, as at the first: <H7223> therefore we will flee <H5127> before <H6440> them.

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Then ye shall rise up <H6965> from the ambush, <H0693> and seize <H3423> upon the city: <H5892> for the LORD <H3068> your God <H0430> will deliver <H5414> it into your hand. <H3027>

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And it shall be, when ye have taken <H8610> the city, <H5892> [that] ye shall set <H3341> the city <H5892> on fire: <H0784> according to the commandment <H1697> of the LORD <H3068> shall ye do. <H6213> See, <H7200> I have commanded <H6680> you.

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Joshua <H3091> therefore sent them forth: <H7971> and they went <H3212> to lie in ambush, <H3993> and abode <H3427> between Bethel <H1008> and Ai, <H5857> on the west side <H3220> of Ai: <H5857> but Joshua <H3091> lodged <H3885> that night <H3915> among <H8432> the people. <H5971>

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And Joshua <H3091> rose up early <H7925> in the morning, <H1242> and numbered <H6485> the people, <H5971> and went up, <H5927> he and the elders <H2205> of Israel, <H3478> before <H6440> the people <H5971> to Ai. <H5857>

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And all the people, <H5971> [even the people] of war <H4421> that [were] with him, went up, <H5927> and drew nigh, <H5066> and came <H0935> before the city, <H5892> and pitched <H2583> on the north <H6828> side of Ai: <H5857> now [there was] a valley <H1516> between them and Ai. <H5857>

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And he took <H3947> about five <H2568> thousand <H0505> men, <H0376> and set <H7760> them to lie in ambush <H0693> between Bethel <H1008> and Ai, <H5857> on the west side <H3220> of the city. <H5857> <H5892>

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And when they had set <H7760> the people, <H5971> [even] all the host <H4264> that [was] on the north <H6828> of the city, <H5892> and their liers in wait <H6119> on the west <H3220> of the city, <H5892> Joshua <H3091> went <H3212> that night <H3915> into the midst <H8432> of the valley. <H6010>

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And it came to pass, when the king <H4428> of Ai <H5857> saw <H7200> [it], that they hasted <H4116> and rose up early, <H7925> and the men <H0582> of the city <H5892> went out <H3318> against <H7125> Israel <H3478> to battle, <H4421> he and all his people, <H5971> at a time appointed, <H4150> before <H6440> the plain; <H6160> but he wist <H3045> not that [there were] liers in ambush <H0693> against him behind <H0310> the city. <H5892>

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And Joshua <H3091> and all Israel <H3478> made as if they were beaten <H5060> before <H6440> them, and fled <H5127> by the way <H1870> of the wilderness. <H4057>

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And all the people <H5971> that [were] in Ai <H5857> <H5892> were called <H2199> together to pursue <H7291> after <H0310> them: and they pursued <H7291> after <H0310> Joshua, <H3091> and were drawn away <H5423> from the city. <H5892>

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And there was not a man <H0376> left <H7604> in Ai <H5857> or Bethel, <H1008> that went not out <H3318> after <H0310> Israel: <H3478> and they left <H5800> the city <H5892> open, <H6605> and pursued <H7291> after <H0310> Israel. <H3478>

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And the LORD <H3068> said <H0559> unto Joshua, <H3091> Stretch out <H5186> the spear <H3591> that [is] in thy hand <H3027> toward Ai; <H5857> for I will give <H5414> it into thine hand. <H3027> And Joshua <H3091> stretched out <H5186> the spear <H3591> that [he had] in his hand <H3027> toward the city. <H5892>

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And the ambush <H0693> arose <H6965> quickly <H4120> out of their place, <H4725> and they ran <H7323> as soon as he had stretched out <H5186> his hand: <H3027> and they entered <H0935> into the city, <H5892> and took <H3920> it, and hasted <H4116> and set <H3341> the city <H5892> on fire. <H0784>

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And when the men <H0582> of Ai <H5857> looked <H6437> behind <H0310> them, they saw, <H7200> and, behold, the smoke <H6227> of the city <H5892> ascended up <H5927> to heaven, <H8064> and they had no power <H3027> to flee <H5127> this way <H2008> or that way: <H2008> and the people <H5971> that fled <H5127> to the wilderness <H4057> turned back <H2015> upon the pursuers. <H7291>

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And when Joshua <H3091> and all Israel <H3478> saw <H7200> that the ambush <H0693> had taken <H3920> the city, <H5892> and that the smoke <H6227> of the city <H5892> ascended, <H5927> then they turned again, <H7725> and slew <H5221> the men <H0582> of Ai. <H5857>

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And the other <H0428> issued out <H3318> of the city <H5892> against <H7125> them; so they were in the midst <H8432> of Israel, <H3478> some <H0428> on this side, and some <H0428> on that side: and they smote <H5221> them, so that <H5704> they let <H7604> none of them remain <H8300> or escape. <H6412>

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And the king <H4428> of Ai <H5857> they took <H8610> alive, <H2416> and brought <H7126> him to Joshua. <H3091>

24

And it came to pass, when Israel <H3478> had made an end <H3615> of slaying <H2026> all the inhabitants <H3427> of Ai <H5857> in the field, <H7704> in the wilderness <H4057> wherein they chased <H7291> them, and when they were all fallen <H5307> on the edge <H6310> of the sword, <H2719> until they were consumed, <H8552> that all the Israelites <H3478> returned <H7725> unto Ai, <H5857> and smote <H5221> it with the edge <H6310> of the sword. <H2719>

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And [so] it was, [that] all that fell <H5307> that day, <H3117> both of men <H0376> and women, <H0802> [were] twelve <H8147> <H6240> thousand, <H0505> [even] all the men <H0582> of Ai. <H5857>

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For Joshua <H3091> drew not his hand <H3027> back, <H7725> wherewith he stretched out <H5186> the spear, <H3591> until he had utterly destroyed <H2763> all the inhabitants <H3427> of Ai. <H5857>

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Only the cattle <H0929> and the spoil <H7998> of that city <H5892> Israel <H3478> took for a prey <H0962> unto themselves, according unto the word <H1697> of the LORD <H3068> which he commanded <H6680> Joshua. <H3091>

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And Joshua <H3091> burnt <H8313> Ai, <H5857> and made <H7760> it an heap <H8510> for ever, <H5769> [even] a desolation <H8077> unto this day. <H3117>

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And the king <H4428> of Ai <H5857> he hanged <H8518> on a tree <H6086> until eventide: <H6256> <H6153> and as soon as the sun <H8121> was down, <H0935> Joshua <H3091> commanded <H6680> that they should take his carcase <H5038> down <H3381> from the tree, <H6086> and cast <H7993> it at the entering <H6607> of the gate <H8179> of the city, <H5892> and raise <H6965> thereon a great <H1419> heap <H1530> of stones, <H0068> [that remaineth] unto this day. <H3117>

30

Then Joshua <H3091> built <H1129> an altar <H4196> unto the LORD <H3068> God <H0430> of Israel <H3478> in mount <H2022> Ebal, <H5858>

31

As Moses <H4872> the servant <H5650> of the LORD <H3068> commanded <H6680> the children <H1121> of Israel, <H3478> as it is written <H3789> in the book <H5612> of the law <H8451> of Moses, <H4872> an altar <H4196> of whole <H8003> stones, <H0068> over which no man hath lift up <H5130> [any] iron: <H1270> and they offered <H5927> thereon burnt offerings <H5930> unto the LORD, <H3068> and sacrificed <H2076> peace offerings. <H8002>

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And he wrote <H3789> there upon the stones <H0068> a copy <H4932> of the law <H8451> of Moses, <H4872> which he wrote <H3789> in the presence <H6440> of the children <H1121> of Israel. <H3478>

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And all Israel, <H3478> and their elders, <H2205> and officers, <H7860> and their judges, <H8199> stood <H5975> on this side the ark <H0727> and on that side before the priests <H3548> the Levites, <H3881> which bare <H5375> the ark <H0727> of the covenant <H1285> of the LORD, <H3068> as well the stranger, <H1616> as he that was born among them; <H0249> half <H2677> of them over <H0413> against <H4136> mount <H2022> Gerizim, <H1630> and half <H2677> of them over against <H4136> mount <H2022> Ebal; <H5858> as Moses <H4872> the servant <H5650> of the LORD <H3068> had commanded <H6680> before, <H7223> that they should bless <H1288> the people <H5971> of Israel. <H3478>

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And afterward <H0310> he read <H7121> all the words <H1697> of the law, <H8451> the blessings <H1293> and cursings, <H7045> according to all that is written <H3789> in the book <H5612> of the law. <H8451>

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There was not a word <H1697> of all that Moses <H4872> commanded, <H6680> which Joshua <H3091> read <H7121> not before all the congregation <H6951> of Israel, <H3478> with the women, <H0802> and the little ones, <H2945> and the strangers <H1616> that were conversant <H1980> among <H7130> them.