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"for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs which Moses delivered to us."
And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and signs among the people.
Then they secretly induced men to say, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God."
And all who sat in the council, looking steadfastly at him, saw his face as the face of an angel.
And they stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes; and they came upon him, seized him, and brought him to the council.
They also set up false witnesses who said, "This man does not cease to speak blasphemous words against this holy place and the law;
Then there arose some from what is called the Synagogue of the Freedmen (Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and those from Cilicia and Asia), disputing with Stephen.
So Joshua burned Ai and made it a heap forever, a desolation to this day.
So about three thousand men went up there from the people, but they fled before the men of Ai.
But the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.
Then Joshua rose up early in the morning and mustered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.
So it was that all who fell that day, both men and women, were twelve thousand - all the people of Ai.
And all the people of war who were with him went up and drew near; and they came before the city and camped on the north side of Ai. Now a valley lay between them and Ai.
There was not a man left in Ai or Bethel who did not go out after Israel. So they left the city open and pursued Israel.
So all the people who were in Ai were called together to pursue them. And they pursued Joshua and were drawn away from the city.
For Joshua did not draw back his hand, with which he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
And they returned to Joshua and said to him, "Do not let all the people go up, but let about two or three thousand men go up and attack Ai. Do not weary all the people there, for the people of Ai are few."
Now the LORD said to Joshua: "Do not be afraid, nor be dismayed; take all the people of war with you, and arise, go up to Ai. See, I have given into your hand the king of Ai, his people, his city, and his land.
Now Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth Aven, on the east side of Bethel, and spoke to them, saying, "Go up and spy out the country." So the men went up and spied out Ai.