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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.

וַיָּשִׂ֨ימוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֧לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”

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.

וַיְהִ֞י (וַ) va “and”וַֽיְמַהֲר֡וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיַּשְׁכִּ֡ימוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּצְא֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

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

וַיִּנָּֽגְע֛וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּנֻ֖סוּ (וַ) va “and”

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

וַיִּזָּעֲק֗וּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּרְדְּפוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּנָּתְק֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

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.

וַיַּעַזְב֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּרְדְּפ֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

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.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֧ט (וַ) va “and”

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.

וַיָּר֙וּצוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּלְכְּד֑וּהָ (וַֽ) va “and”וַֽיְמַהֲר֔וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיַּצִּ֥יתוּ (וַ) va “and”

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.

וַיִּפְנ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּרְא֗וּ (וַ) va “and”

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.

וַיָּשֻׁ֕בוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּכּ֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

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.

וַיִּֽהְי֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּכּ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

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

וַיַּקְרִ֥בוּ (וַ) va “and”

Then, after the destruction of all the people of Ai in the field and in the waste land where they went after them, and when all the people had been put to death without mercy, all Israel went back to Ai, and put to death all who were in it without mercy.

וַיְהִ֣י (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּפְּל֥וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיָּשֻׁ֤בוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּכּ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

On that day twelve thousand were put to death, men and women, all the people of Ai.

וַיְהִי֩ (וַ) va “and”

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

וַיִּשְׂרֹ֥ף (וַ) va “and”וַיְשִׂימֶ֤הָ (וַ) va “and”

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

וַיֹּרִ֧ידוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּשְׁלִ֤יכוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּקִ֤ימוּ (וַ) va “and”

In the way ordered by Moses, the servant of the Lord, as it is recorded in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of uncut stones, untouched by any iron instrument: and on it they made burned offerings and peace-offerings to the Lord.

וַיַּעֲל֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּזְבְּח֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

And he made there on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, writing it before the eyes of the children of Israel.

וַיִּכְתָּב־ (וַ) va “and”

Now on hearing the news of these things, all the kings on the west side of Jordan, in the hill-country and the lowlands and by the Great Sea in front of Lebanon, the Hittites and the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusite

וַיְהִ֣י (וַ) va “and”

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

וַיִּֽתְקַבְּצ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

Acting with deceit, got food together as if for a long journey; and took old food-bags for their asses, and old and cracked wine-skins kept together with cord;

וַיַּעֲשׂ֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּצְטַיָּ֑רוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְח֞וּ (וַ) va “and”

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.

וַיֵּלְכ֧וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the men of Israel said to the Hivites, It may be that you are living among us; how then may we make an agreement with you?

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

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

וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And they said to him, Your servants have come from a very far country, because of the name of the Lord your God: for the story of his great name, and of all he did in Egypt has come to our ears,

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

So the responsible men and all the people of our country said to us, Take food with you for the journey and go to them, and say to them, We are your servants: so now make an agreement with us.

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֤ם (וַ) va. “and”