Joshua 8
Legacy Standard Bible
Ai Given to Israel
8 Now Yahweh said to Joshua, “(A)Do not fear or be dismayed. Take all the people of war with you and arise, go up to Ai; see, (B)I have given into your hand the king of Ai, his people, his city, and his land. 2 So you shall do to Ai and its king just as you did to Jericho and its king; you shall (C)take only its spoil and its cattle as plunder for yourselves. [a]Set an ambush for the city behind it.”
3 So Joshua rose with all the people of war to go up to Ai; and Joshua chose 30,000 men, valiant warriors, and sent them out at night. 4 And he commanded them, saying, “See, you are (D)going to ambush the city from behind [b]it. Do not go very far from the city, but all of you be ready. 5 Then I and all the people who are with me will come near the city. And it will be that when they come out to meet us as at the first, (E)we will flee before them. 6 And they will come out after us until we have drawn them away from the city, for they will say, ‘They are fleeing before us as at the first.’ So we will flee before them. 7 And you shall rise from your ambush and take possession of the city, for Yahweh your God will give it into your hand. 8 Then it will be that when you have seized the city, that you shall set the city on fire. You shall do it (F)according to the word of Yahweh. See, I have commanded you.” 9 So Joshua sent them away, and they went to the place of ambush and remained between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai; but Joshua spent that night among the people.
10 Now Joshua (G)rose early in the morning and mustered the people, and he went up with the elders of Israel before the people to Ai. 11 Then all the people of war who were with him went up and drew near and arrived in front of the city and camped on the north side of Ai. Now there was a valley between him and Ai. 12 And he took about 5,000 men and set them in ambush between (H)Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the [c]city. 13 So they set the people, all the army that was on the north side of the city, and its rear guard on the west side of the city, and Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley. 14 Now it happened that when the king of Ai saw it, the men of the city hurried and rose up early and went out to meet Israel in battle, he and all his people at the appointed place before the desert plain. But he did not know that there was an ambush against him behind the city. 15 And Joshua and all Israel pretended to be beaten before them and fled (I)by the way of the wilderness. 16 And all the people who were in the city were called together to pursue them, and they pursued Joshua and (J)were drawn away from the city. 17 So not a man remained in Ai or Bethel who had not gone out after Israel, and they forsook the city, leaving it open, and pursued Israel.
18 Then Yahweh said to Joshua, “(K)Stretch out the javelin that is in your hand toward Ai, for I will give it into your hand.” So Joshua stretched out the javelin that was in his hand toward the city. 19 Then the men in ambush rose quickly from their place, and when he had stretched out his hand, they ran and entered the city and captured it, and they quickly set the city on fire. 20 Then the men of Ai turned [d]back and looked, and behold, the smoke of the city ascended to the sky, and they had no place to flee this way or that, for the people who had been fleeing to the wilderness turned against the pursuers. 21 But Joshua and all Israel saw that the men in ambush had captured the city and that the smoke of the city ascended. So they turned back and struck down the men of Ai. 22 [e]And the others came out from the city to meet them, so that they were trapped in the midst of Israel, [f]some on this side and some on that side; and they struck them down until [g]there was (L)no one remaining for him who survived or escaped. 23 But they seized the king of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua.
24 Now it happened that when Israel had finished killing all the inhabitants of Ai in the field in the wilderness where they pursued them, and all of them fell by the edge of the sword until they were completely destroyed, then all Israel turned back to Ai and struck it with the edge of the sword. 25 (M)So all who fell that day, both men and women, were 12,000—all the [h]people of Ai. 26 For Joshua (N)did not withdraw his hand with which he stretched out the javelin until he had devoted to destruction all the inhabitants of Ai. 27 (O)Israel took only the cattle and the spoil of that city as plunder for themselves, according to the word of Yahweh which He had commanded Joshua. 28 So Joshua burned Ai and made it (P)a heap forever, a desolation until this day. 29 (Q)And he hanged the king of Ai on a tree until evening; and at sunset Joshua gave a command, and they took his body down from the tree and threw it at the entrance of the city gate and raised over it a great heap of stones that stands to this day.
30 Then Joshua built an altar to Yahweh, the God of Israel, on (R)Mount Ebal, 31 just as Moses the servant of Yahweh had commanded the sons of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, (S)an altar of uncut stones on which no man had wielded an iron tool; and they offered burnt offerings on it to Yahweh and sacrificed peace offerings. 32 And he (T)wrote there on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which [i]he had written, in the presence of the sons of Israel. 33 (U)And all Israel with their elders and officers and their judges were standing on both sides of the ark before the Levitical priests who carried the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, the sojourner as well as the native. Half of them stood in front of (V)Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, just as Moses the servant of Yahweh had given a command at first to bless the people of Israel. 34 Then afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessing and the curse, according to all that is written in (W)the book of the law. 35 There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded which Joshua did not read before all the assembly of Israel (X)with the women and the little ones and the sojourners who were [j]going among them.
Footnotes
- Joshua 8:2 Lit Set for yourself
- Joshua 8:4 Lit the city
- Joshua 8:12 Ai
- Joshua 8:20 Lit behind them
- Joshua 8:22 Lit These came
- Joshua 8:22 Lit these...those
- Joshua 8:22 Lit he had no one
- Joshua 8:25 Lit men
- Joshua 8:32 Moses
- Joshua 8:35 Lit walking
Josua 8
Svenska 1917
8 Och HERREN sade till Josua: »Frukta icke och var icke förfärad; tag med dig allt krigsfolket och stå upp och drag åstad mot Ai. Se, i din hand har jag givit konungen i Ai med hans folk, hans stad och hans land.
2 Och du skall göra med Ai och dess konung på samma sätt som du gjorde med Jeriko och dess konung; dock mån I behålla rovet därifrån och boskapen, såsom edert byte. Lägg nu ett bakhåll mot staden, på andra sidan därom.»
3 Då bröt Josua upp med allt krigsfolket för att draga åstad mot Ai. Och Josua utvalde trettio tusen man, de tappraste stridsmännen, och sände dem ut om natten.
4 Och han bjöd dem och sade: »Given akt: I skolen lägga eder i bakhåll mot staden, på andra sidan därom, men läggen eder icke alltför långt ifrån staden; och hållen eder alla redo.
5 Själv skall jag, med allt det folk som är kvar hos mig, rycka fram mot staden. När de då draga ut mot oss såsom förra gången, vilja vi fly för dem.
6 Då skola de draga efter oss, till dess vi hava lockat dem långt bort ifrån staden; ty de skola tänka: 'De flyr för oss, nu såsom förra gången.'
7 Men under det att vi fly för dem, skolen I bryta fram ifrån bakhållet och intaga staden, ty HERREN, eder Gud, har givit den i eder hand.
8 Och så snart I haven fått staden i edert våld, skolen I tända eld på den; efter HERRENS ord skolen I så göra. Given akt på vad jag nu har bjudit eder.»
9 Så sände Josua dem åstad, och de gingo och lade sig i bakhåll mellan Betel och Ai, väster om Ai. Men Josua stannade över natten bland folket.
10 Och bittida följande morgon mönstrade Josua folket och drog så, med de äldste i Israel i spetsen för folket, upp till Ai.
11 Och allt det krigsfolk som var kvar hos honom drog med ditupp och ryckte allt närmare, till dess de kommo mitt emot staden; där lägrade de sig norr om Ai, med dalen mellan sig och Ai.
12 Men han tog vid pass fem tusen man och lade dem i bakhåll mellan Betel och Ai, väster om staden.
13 Och sedan folket hade blivit uppställt, såväl hela lägret, norr om staden, gick Josua den natten fram till mitten av dalen.
14 När konungen i Ai såg detta, skyndade sig männen i staden, han själv med allt sitt folk, och drogo bittida om morgonen ut till strid mot Israel, bort till den utsedda platsen, framför hedmarken; han själv visste nämligen icke att ett bakhåll var lagt mot honom på andra sidan om staden.
15 Och Josua och hela Israel läto slå sig av dem och flydde åt öknen till.
16 Då uppbådades allt folket i staden till att förfölja dem; och under det att de förföljde Josua, blevo de lockade långt bort ifrån staden.
17 Icke en enda man blev kvar i Ai eller i Betel, utan alla drogo ut efter Israel och lämnade staden öppen, i det att de förföljde Israel.
18 Och HERREN sade till Josua: »Räck ut lansen, som du har i din hand, mot Ai, ty jag skall giva det i din hand.» Då räckte Josua ut lansen, som han hade i sin hand, mot staden.
19 Och de som lågo i bakhåll bröto med hast upp från sin plats och skyndade åstad, så snart han räckte ut sin hand, och kommo in i staden och intogo den; och de tände strax eld på staden.
20 När då männen från Ai vände sig om, fingo de se röken från staden stiga upp mot himmelen; och de hade ingen utväg att fly, vare sig hit eller dit, då nu det folk som flydde åt öknen vände sig mot sina förföljare.
21 Ty när Josua och hela Israel sågo att de som lågo i bakhåll hade intagit staden, och att röken steg upp från staden, vände de om och angrepo ajiterna.
22 De andra drogo nu också ut från staden emot dem, så att de kommo mitt emellan israeliterna och fingo dem på båda sidor om sig, och dessa nedgjorde dem då och läto ingen av dem slippa undan och rädda sig.
23 Men konungen i Ai blev levande tagen till fånga och förd till Josua.
24 Och när Israel hade dräpt alla Ais invånare ute på fältet, i öknen, dit de hade förföljt dem, och dessa allasammans så hade fallit för svärdsegg och blivit nedgjorda, då vände hela Israel tillbaka till Ai och slog med svärdsegg också dem som voro där.
25 Och de som föllo på den dagen, män och kvinnor, utgjorde tillsammans tolv tusen personer, allt folket i Ai.
26 Ty Josua drog icke tillbaka sin hand, med vilken han hade räckt ut lansen, förrän alla Ais invånare hade blivit givna till spillo.
27 Allenast boskapen och rovet från denna stad togo israeliterna såsom sitt byte, efter den befallning som HERREN hade givit Josua.
28 Och Josua brände upp Ai och gjorde det till en grushög för evärdlig tid, till en ödemark, såsom det är ännu i dag.
29 Och konungen i Ai lät han hänga upp på en påle, där han fick hänga ända till aftonen. Men när solen gick ned, tog man på Josuas befallning hans döda kropp ned från pålen och kastade den vid ingången till stadsporten; och man uppkastade över den ett stort stenröse, som finnes kvar ännu i dag.
30 Då byggde Josua åt HERREN, Israels Gud, ett altare på berget Ebal,
31 såsom HERRENS tjänare Mose hade bjudit Israels barn, och såsom det var föreskrivet i Moses lagbok: ett altare av ohuggna stenar, vid vilka man icke hade kommit med något järn; och på det offrade de brännoffer åt HERREN och slaktade tackoffer.
32 Och han lät där på stenarna sätta en avskrift av Moses lag, den lag som Mose hade skrivit och förelagt Israels barn.
33 Och Israels menighet, med dess äldste och tillsyningsmän och domare, stod på båda sidor om arken, så att de hade framför sig de levitiska prästerna som buro HERRENS förbundsark, menigheten, främlingar såväl som infödingar, den ena hälften vänd mot berget Gerissim och den andra hälften mot berget Ebal, i enlighet med vad HERRENS tjänare Mose hade bjudit, nämligen att man först skulle välsigna Israels folk.
34 Därefter läste han upp alla lagens ord, välsignelsen och förbannelsen, alldeles såsom det var skrivet i lagboken.
35 Icke ett ord av allt det som Mose hade bjudit underlät Josua att uppläsa inför Israels hela församling, med kvinnor och barn, och inför de främlingar som följde med dem.
Joshua 8
King James Version
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, and his land:
2 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.
3 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.
4 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:
5 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,
6 (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.
7 Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city: for the Lord your God will deliver it into your hand.
8 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.
9 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.
10 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.
11 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.
12 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.
13 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.
14 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.
15 And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
16 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.
17 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.
18 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.
19 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.
20 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.
21 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.
22 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.
23 And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.
24 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.
25 And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.
26 For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
27 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.
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,
31 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.
32 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.
33 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.
34 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.
35 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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