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He took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.

לָעִֽיר׃ (לָ) la. “of the”

So they set the people, even all the host who was on the north of the city, and their liers-in-wait who were on the west of the city; and Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.

לָעִ֔יר (לָ) la. “of the”לָעִ֑יר (לָ) la. “of the”

It happened, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hurried and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at the time appointed, before the Arabah; but he didn't know that there was an ambush against him behind the city.

לִקְרַֽאת־ (לִ) li “to”לַֽמִּלְחָמָ֞ה (לַֽ) la. “for <the>”לַמּוֹעֵ֖ד (לַ) la. “to the”לִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “<to>”ל֖וֹ (ל֖) l “for <the>”

Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

לִפְנֵיהֶ֑ם (לִ) li “<to>”

All the people who were in the city were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.

לִרְדֹּ֖ף (לִ) li “to”

When the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people who fled to the wilderness turned back on the pursuers.

לָנ֖וּס (לָ) la. “to”

The others came forth out of the city against them; so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: and they struck them, so that they let none of them remain or escape.

לִקְרָאתָ֔ם (לִ) li “to”לְיִשְׂרָאֵל֙ (לְ) le. “to”ל֖וֹ (ל֖) l “to <the>”

It happened, when Israel had made an end of killing all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness in which they pursued them, and they were all fallen by the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all Israel returned to Ai, and struck it with the edge of the sword.

לַהֲרֹג֩ (לַ) la. “to”לְפִי־ (לְ) le. “to”לְפִי־ (לְ) le. “to”

Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for prey to themselves, according to the word of Yahweh which he commanded Joshua.

לָהֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “for <the>”

Then Joshua built an altar to Yahweh, the God of Israel, in Mount Ebal,

לַֽיהוָ֖ה (לַֽ) la. “to”

as Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of uncut stones, on which no man had lifted up any iron: and they offered thereon burnt offerings to Yahweh, and sacrificed peace-offerings.

לַֽיהוָ֔ה (לַֽ) la. “to”

He wrote there on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote, in the presence of the children of Israel.

לִפְנֵ֖י (לִ) li “<to>”

All Israel, and their elders and officers, and their judges, stood on this side of the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, who bore the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, as well the foreigner as the native; half of them in front of Mount Gerizim, and half of them in front of Mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of Yahweh had commanded at the first, that they should bless the people of Israel.

לָאָר֡וֹן (לָ) la. “of the”לְבָרֵ֛ךְ (לְ) le. “to”

that they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.

לְהִלָּחֵ֥ם (לְ) le. “to”

But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai,

לִֽירִיח֖וֹ (לִֽ) li. “to”וְלָעָֽי׃ (לָ) la. “to <the>”

they also resorted to a ruse, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks on their donkeys, and wine-skins, old and torn and bound up,

לַחֲמ֣וֹרֵיהֶ֔ם (לַ) la. “for”

They went to Joshua to the camp at Gilgal, and said to him, and to the men of Israel, We are come from a far country: now therefore make you a covenant with us.

לָ֥נוּ (לָ֥) La. “to <the>”

The men of Israel said to the Hivites, What if you dwell among us; and how shall we make a covenant with you?

לְךָ֥ (לְ) le. “to <the>”

They said to him, From a very far country your servants are come because of the name of Yahweh your God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,

לְשֵׁ֖ם (לְ) le. “to”

and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, who was at Ashtaroth.

לִשְׁנֵי֙ (לִ) li “to”לְסִיחוֹן֙ (לְ) le. “to”וּלְע֥וֹג (לְ) le. “to”

Our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spoke to us, saying, Take provision in your hand for the journey, and go to meet them, and tell them, We are your servants: and now make you a covenant with us.

לֵאמֹ֗ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לַדֶּ֔רֶךְ (לַ) la. “for the”לִקְרָאתָ֑ם (לִ) li “to”לָ֥נוּ (לָ֥) La. “to <the>”

This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go to you; but now, behold, it is dry, and is become moldy:

לָלֶ֣כֶת (לָ) la. “to”

Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation swore to them.

לָהֶ֤ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”לָהֶ֛ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”לְחַיּוֹתָ֑ם (לְ) le. “to”לָהֶ֔ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”

It happened at the end of three days after they had made a covenant with them, that they heard that they were their neighbors, and that they lived among them.

לָהֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”

The children of Israel didn't strike them, because the princes of the congregation had sworn to them by Yahweh, the God of Israel. All the congregation murmured against the princes.

לָהֶם֙ (לָ) la. “to <the>”