H5971A–עַם–am

So on the tenth day of the first month the people came up out of Jordan, and put up their tents in Gilgal, on the east side of Jericho.

וְהָעָ֗ם (עָ֗ם) 'Am “people”

So that all the peoples of the earth may see that the hand of the Lord is strong; and that they may go in fear of the Lord your God for ever.

עַמֵּ֤י 'a.Mei “[the] peoples of”

And this is the reason why Joshua did so: all the males of the people who came out of Egypt, all the fighting-men, had been overtaken by death in the waste land on the way, after they came out of Egypt.

הָעָ֣ם (עָ֣ם) 'Am “people”

All the people who came out had undergone circumcision; but all the people whose birth had taken place in the waste land on their journey from Egypt had not.

הָעָ֖ם (עָ֖ם) 'Am “people”הָ֠עָם (עָם) 'om “people”

And at the sound of a long note on the horns, let all the people give a loud cry; and the wall of the town will come down flat, and all the people are to go straight forward.

הָעָ֖ם (עָ֖ם) 'Am “people”הָעָ֖ם (עָ֖ם) 'Am “people”

And he said to the people, Go forward, circling the town, and let the armed men go before the ark of the Lord.

הָעָ֔ם (עָ֔ם) 'Am “people”

So after Joshua had said this to the people, the seven priests with their seven horns went forward before the Lord, blowing on their horns: and the ark of the Lord's agreement went after them.

הָעָם֒ (עָם֒) 'Am “people”

And to the people Joshua gave an order, saying, You will give no cry, and make no sound, and let no word go out of your mouth till the day when I say, Give a loud cry; then give a loud cry.

הָעָם֩ (עָם֩) 'Am “people”

And the seventh time, at the sound of the priests' horns, Joshua said to the people, Now give a loud cry; for the Lord has given you the town.

הָעָם֙ (עָם֙) 'Am “people”

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.

הָעָ֔ם (עָ֔ם) 'Am “people”הָעָ֜ם (עָ֜ם) 'Am “people”הָעָם֙ (עָם֙) 'Am “people”הָעָ֤ם (עָ֤ם) 'Am “people”

Then they came back to Joshua and said to him, Do not send all the people up, but let about two or three thousand men go up and make an attack on Ai; there is no need for all the people to be tired with the journey there, for it is only a small town.

הָעָם֒ (עָם֒) 'Am “people”הָעָ֔ם (עָ֔ם) 'Am “people”

So about three thousand of the people went up, and were sent in flight by the men of Ai.

הָעָם֙ (עָם֙) 'Am “people”

The men of Ai put to death about thirty-six of them, driving them from before the town as far as the stoneworks, and overcoming them on the way down: and the hearts of the people became like water.

הָעָ֖ם (עָ֖ם) 'Am “people”

And Joshua said, O Lord God, why have you taken us over Jordan only to give us up into the hands of the Amorites for our destruction? If only it had been enough for us to keep on the other side of Jordan!

הָעָ֤ם (עָ֤ם) 'Am “people”

Up! make the people holy; say to them, Make yourselves holy before tomorrow, for the Lord, the God of Israel, has said, There is a cursed thing among you, O Israel, and you will give way before your attackers in the fight till the cursed thing has been t

הָעָ֔ם (עָ֔ם) 'Am “people”

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:

עַמּ֔וֹ (עַמּ֔) a.M “people”

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;

הָעָם֙ (עָם֙) 'Am “people”

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.

הָעָֽם׃ (עָֽם) 'Am “people”

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.

הָעָ֑ם (עָ֑ם) 'Am “people”הָעָ֖ם (עָ֖ם) 'Am “people”

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.

עַמּ֛וֹ (עַמּ֛) a.M “people”

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

הָעָם֙ (עָם֙) 'Am “people”

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.

וְהָעָם֙ (עָם֙) 'Am “people”

And all Israel, those who were Israelites by birth, as well as the men from other lands living with them, and their responsible men and their overseers and judges, took their places round the ark, in front of the priests, the Levites, whose work it was t

הָעָ֥ם (עָ֥ם) 'Am “people”

So Joshua went up from Gilgal with all his army and all his men of war.

עַ֤ם 'am “[the] people of”

All the people went back to Joshua to the tent-circle at Makkedah in peace: and no one said a word against the children of Israel.

הָעָ֨ם (עָ֨ם) 'Am “people”