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And the town will be put to the curse, and everything in it will be given to the Lord: only Rahab, the loose woman, and all who are in the house with her, will be kept safe, because she kept secret the men we sent.

הָעִ֥יר (עִ֥יר) 'Ir “city”

So the people gave a loud cry, and the horns were sounded; and on hearing the horns the people gave a loud cry, and the wall came down flat, so that the people went up into the town, every man going straight before him, and they took the town.

הָעִ֙ירָה֙ (עִ֙ירָ) 'I.ra “city”הָעִֽיר׃ (עִֽיר) 'Ir “city”

And they put everything in the town to the curse; men and women, young and old, ox and sheep and ass, they put to death without mercy.

בָּעִ֔יר (עִ֔יר) 'Ir “city”

Then, after burning up the town and everything in it, they put the silver and gold and the vessels of brass and iron into the store-house of the Lord's house.

וְהָעִ֛יר (עִ֛יר) 'Ir “city”

Then Joshua gave the people orders with an oath, saying, Let that man be cursed before the Lord who puts his hand to the building up of this town: with the loss of his first son will he put the first stone of it in place, and with the loss of his younges

הָעִ֤יר (עִ֤יר) 'Ir “city”

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:

עִיר֖וֹ (עִיר֖) i.R “city”

And you are to do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king: but their goods and their cattle you may take for yourselves: let a secret force be stationed to make a surprise attack on the town from the back.

לָעִ֖יר (עִ֖יר) 'Ir “city”

And he gave them their orders, saying, Go and take up your position secretly at the back of the town: do not go very far away, and let all of you be ready:

לָעִיר֙ (עִיר֙) 'Ir “city”הָעִ֔יר (עִ֔יר) 'Ir “city”הָעִ֖יר (עִ֖יר) 'Ir “city”

And I and all the people with me will come near the town, and when they come out against us as they did before, we will go in flight from them;

הָעִ֑יר (עִ֑יר) 'Ir “city”

And they will come out after us, till we have got them away from the town; for they will say, They have gone in flight from us as before; so we will go in flight before them;

הָעִ֔יר (עִ֔יר) 'Ir “city”

Then you will get up from your secret position and take the town, for the Lord your God will give it up into your hands.

הָעִ֑יר (עִ֑יר) 'Ir “city”

And when you have taken the town, put fire to it, as the Lord has said: see, I have given you your orders.

הָעִ֗יר (עִ֗יר) 'Ir “city”הָעִיר֙ (עִיר֙) 'Ir “city”

And all the fighting-men who were with him went up and came near the town, and took up a position on the north side of Ai facing the town, with a valley between him and the town.

הָעִ֑יר (עִ֑יר) 'Ir “city”

And taking about five thousand men, he put them in position for a surprise attack on the west side of Ai, between Beth-el and Ai.

לָעִֽיר׃ (עִֽיר) 'Ir “city”

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.

לָעִ֔יר (עִ֔יר) 'Ir “city”לָעִ֑יר (עִ֑יר) 'Ir “city”

Now when the king of Ai saw it, he got up quickly and went out to war against Israel, he and all his people, to the slope going down to the valley; but he had no idea that a secret force was waiting at the back of the town.

הָעִ֣יר (עִ֣יר) 'Ir “city”הָעִֽיר׃ (עִֽיר) 'Ir “city”

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

הָעִֽיר׃ (עִֽיר) 'Ir “city”

There was not a man in Ai and Beth-el who did not go out after Israel; and the town was open and unwatched while they went after Israel.

הָעִיר֙ (עִיר֙) 'Ir “city”

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.

הָעִֽיר׃ (עִֽיר) 'Ir “city”

Then the secret force came quickly from their place, and running forward when they saw his hand stretched out, went into the town and took it, and put fire to it straight away.

הָעִ֖יר (עִ֖יר) 'Ir “city”הָעִ֖יר (עִ֖יר) 'Ir “city”

Then the men of Ai, looking back, saw the smoke of the town going up to heaven, and were unable to go this way or that: and the people who had gone in flight to the waste land were turned back on those who were coming after them.

הָעִיר֙ (עִיר֙) 'Ir “city”

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.

הָעִ֔יר (עִ֔יר) 'Ir “city”הָעִ֑יר (עִ֑יר) 'Ir “city”

Then the other force came out of the town against them, so that they were being attacked on this side and on that: and Israel overcame them and let not one of them get away with his life.

הָעִיר֙ (עִיר֙) 'Ir “city”

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

הָעִ֣יר (עִ֣יר) 'Ir “city”

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

הָעִ֔יר (עִ֔יר) 'Ir “city”