H3091G–יְהוֹשׁוּעַ–ye.ho.shu.a

So Joshua sent men quickly, and looking in his tent, they saw where the robe had been put away secretly with the silver under it.

יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙ ye.ho.Shu.a' “Joshua”

And they took them from the tent and came back with them to Joshua and the children of Israel, and put them before the Lord.

יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ ye.ho.Shu.a' “Joshua”

Then Joshua and all Israel took Achan, the son of Zerah, and the silver and the robe and the mass of gold, and his sons and his daughters and his oxen and his asses and his sheep and his tent and everything he had; and they took them up into the valley o

יְהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ ye.ho.Shu.a' “Joshua”

And Joshua said, Why have you been a cause of trouble to us? Today the Lord will send trouble on you. And all Israel took part in stoning him; they had him stoned to death and then burned with fire.

יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙ ye.ho.Shu.a' “Joshua”

Then the Lord said to Joshua, Have no fear and do not be troubled: take with you all the fighting-men and go up against Ai: for I have given into your hands the king of Ai and his people and his town and his land:

יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙ ye.ho.Shu.a' “Joshua”

So Joshua and the fighting-men got ready to go up against Ai; and Joshua took thirty thousand men of war, and sent them out by night.

יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ ye.ho.Shu.a' “Joshua”יְ֠הוֹשֻׁעַ Ye.ho.shu.a' “Joshua”

So Joshua sent them out: and they took up a secret position between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua kept with the people that night.

יְהוֹשֻׁ֗עַ ye.ho.Shu.a' “Joshua”יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ ye.ho.Shu.a' “Joshua”

And early in the morning Joshua got up, and put the people in order, and he and the chiefs of Israel went up before the people to Ai.

יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙ ye.ho.Shu.a' “Joshua”

So all the people were in their places, the army on the north side of the town and the secret force on the west; and that night Joshua went down into the valley.

יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ ye.ho.Shu.a' “Joshua”

Then Joshua and all Israel, acting as if they were overcome before them, went in flight by way of the waste land.

יְהוֹשֻׁ֥עַ ye.ho.Shu.a' “Joshua”

And all the people in Ai came together to go after them; and they went after Joshua, moving away from the town.

יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ ye.ho.Shu.a' “Joshua”

And the Lord said to Joshua, Let your spear be stretched out against Ai; for I will give it into your hands. So Joshua took up his spear, stretching it out in the direction of the town.

יְהוֹשֻׁ֗עַ ye.ho.Shu.a' “Joshua”יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ ye.ho.Shu.a' “Joshua”

And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the town had been taken by the surprise attack, and that the smoke of the town had gone up, turning round they overcame the men of Ai.

וִיהוֹשֻׁ֨עַ (יהוֹשֻׁ֨עַ) ho.Shu.a' “Joshua”

But the king of Ai they made prisoner, and took him to Joshua.

יְהוֹשֻֽׁעַ׃ ye.ho.Shu.a' “Joshua”

For Joshua did not take back his hand with the outstretched spear till the destruction of the people of Ai was complete.

וִיהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙ (יהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙) ho.Shu.a' “Joshua”

But the cattle and the goods from that town, Israel took for themselves, as the Lord had given orders to Joshua.

יְהוֹשֻֽׁעַ׃ ye.ho.Shu.a' “Joshua”

So Joshua gave Ai to the flames, and made it a waste mass of stones for ever, as it is to this day.

יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ ye.ho.Shu.a' “Joshua”

And he put the king of Ai to death, hanging him on a tree till evening: and when the sun went down, Joshua gave them orders to take his body down from the tree, and put it in the public place of the town, covering it with a great mass of stones, which is

יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ ye.ho.Shu.a' “Joshua”

Then Joshua put up an altar to the Lord, the God of Israel, in Mount Ebal,

יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙ ye.ho.Shu.a' “Joshua”

Reading to all the meeting of Israel, with the women and the children and the men from other lands who were living among them, every word of the orders which Moses had given.

יְהוֹשֻׁ֗עַ ye.ho.Shu.a' “Joshua”

Came together with one purpose, to make war against Joshua and Israel.

יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ ye.ho.Shu.a' “Joshua”

And the men of Gibeon, hearing what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,

יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ ye.ho.Shu.a' “Joshua”

And they came to Joshua to the tent-circle at Gilgal, and said to him and to the men of Israel, We have come from a far country: so now make an agreement with us.

יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ ye.ho.Shu.a' “Joshua”

And they said to Joshua, We are your servants. Then Joshua said to them, Who are you and where do you come from?

יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ ye.ho.Shu.a' “Joshua”יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ ye.ho.Shu.a' “Joshua”

So Joshua made peace with them, and made an agreement with them that they were not to be put to death: and the chiefs of the people took an oath to them.

יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙ ye.ho.Shu.a' “Joshua”