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for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place and shall change the traditions which Moses delivered us.
And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles in the people.
Then they suborned men, who said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God.
Then all that sat in the council, looking steadfastly on him, saw his face as the face of an angel.
And they stirred up the people and the elders and the scribes and came upon him and caught him and brought him to the council
and 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 certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians and Alexandrians and of those of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.
And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it a perpetual heap, desolate unto this day.
So about three thousand men of the people went up there; and they fled before the men of Ai.
And they took the king of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua.
And Joshua rose up early in the morning and numbered the people and went up he and the elders of Israel, before the people against Ai.
And so it was that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.
And all the people of war that were with him, went up, and drew near and came before the city and pitched camp on the north side of Ai; now there was a valley between them and Ai.
And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel that did not go out after Israel; and because they pursued after Israel, they left the city open.
And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue after them; and they pursued after Joshua and were raptured 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 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.
And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which was beside Bethaven, on the east side of Bethel, and spoke unto them, saying, Go up and spy out the land. And the men went up and spied out Ai.
Then Joshua sent them forth, and they went to lie in ambush and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai; and Joshua lodged that night in the midst of the people.