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28 Then Joshua destroyed Ai by fire, reducing it to an everlasting mound of ruins, as it remains today.(A) 29 He had the king of Ai hanged on a tree until evening;(B) then at sunset Joshua ordered the body removed from the tree and cast at the entrance of the city gate, where a great heap of stones was piled up over it, which remains to the present day.

Altar on Mount Ebal. 30 [a](C)Later, on Mount Ebal, Joshua built to the Lord, the God of Israel, an altar

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Footnotes

  1. 8:30–35 These ceremonies were prescribed in Dt 11:29 and 27:2–26.

28 And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation unto this day.

29 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 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.

30 Then Joshua built an altar unto the Lord God of Israel in mount Ebal,

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28 So Joshua burned Ai and made it forever a (A)heap of ruins, as it is to this day. 29 (B)And he hanged the king of Ai on a tree until evening. (C)And at sunset Joshua commanded, and they took his body down from the tree and threw it at the entrance of the gate of the city and (D)raised over it a great heap of stones, which stands there to this day.

Joshua Renews the Covenant

30 At that time Joshua built an altar to the Lord, the God of Israel, (E)on Mount Ebal,

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