Joshua 8:25-30

The Fall of Ai

25 And all who fell that day, both men and women, were 12,000, all the people of Ai. 26 But Joshua did not draw back his hand with which he u stretched out the javelin until he had devoted all the inhabitants of Ai to destruction. 1 27 Only the livestock and the spoil of that city Israel took as their plunder, according to the word of the Lord that he v commanded Joshua. 28 So Joshua burned Ai and made it forever a w heap of ruins, as it is to this day. 29 x And he hanged the king of Ai on a tree until evening. y 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 z 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, a on Mount Ebal,

  1. Cross References
    Joshua 8:18
    Then the Lord said to Joshua, "Stretch out the javelin that is in your hand toward Ai, for I will give it into your hand." And Joshua stretched out the javelin that was in his hand toward the city.
  2. Cross References
    Joshua 8:2
    And you shall do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king. Only its spoil and its livestock you shall take as plunder for yourselves. Lay an ambush against the city, behind it.
  3. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 13:16
    You shall gather all its spoil into the midst of its open square and burn the city and all its spoil with fire, as a whole burnt offering to the Lord your God. It shall be a heap forever. It shall not be built again.
  4. Cross References
    Joshua 10:26
    And afterward Joshua struck them and put them to death, and he hanged them on five trees. And they hung on the trees until evening.
  5. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 21:23
    His body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall bury him the same day, for a hanged man is cursed by God. You shall not defile your land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance.
  6. Cross References
    Joshua 7:26
    And they raised over him a great heap of stones that remains to this day. Then the Lord turned from his burning anger. Therefore, to this day the name of that place is called the Valley of Achor.
  7. Cross References
    Exodus 20:24 - 25
    An altar of earth you shall make for me and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen. In every place where I cause my name to be remembered I will come to you and bless you.
    Deuteronomy 27:4 - 6
    And when you have crossed over the Jordan, you shall set up these stones, concerning which I command you today, on Mount Ebal, and you shall plaster them with plaster.
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