H9002–/וְ–v

And Achan, answering, said to Joshua, Truly I have done wrong against the Lord, the God of Israel, and this is what I have done:

וְכָזֹ֥את (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָזֹ֖את (וְ) ve. “and”

When I saw among their goods a fair robe of Babylon and two hundred shekels of silver, and a mass of gold, fifty shekels in weight, I was overcome by desire and took them; and they are put away in the earth in my tent, and the silver is under it.

וּמָאתַ֧יִם (וּ) u. “and”וּלְשׁ֨וֹן (וּ) u. “and”וְהִנָּ֨ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַכֶּ֥סֶף (וְ) ve. “and”

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.

וְהִנֵּ֧ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַכֶּ֥סֶף (וְ) ve. “and”

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.

וְאֶ֖ל (וְ) ve. “and”

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

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְֽאֶת־ (וְֽ) ve. “and”וְֽאֶת־ (וְֽ) ve. “and”וְֽאֶת־ (וְֽ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶֽת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

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:

וְאַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְק֖וּם (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

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.

וּלְמַלְכָּ֗הּ (וּ) u. “and”וּלְמַלְכָּ֔הּ (וּ) u. “and”וּבְהֶמְתָּ֖הּ (וּ) u. “and”

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.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

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;

וַאֲנִ֗י (וַ) va. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

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.

וְאַתֶּ֗ם (וְ) ve. “and”

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.

וּבֵ֥ין (וּ) u. “and”

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.

וְזִקְנֵ֧י (וְ) ve. “and”

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.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַגַּ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”וּבֵין־ (וּ) u. “and”

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.

וּבֵ֥ין (וּ) u. “and”

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.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “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.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהוּא֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

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

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “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.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבֵ֣ית (וּ) u. “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.

וְהָאוֹרֵ֡ב (וְ) ve. “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.

וְהִנֵּ֨ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וָהֵ֑נָּה (וָ) va. “and”וְהָעָם֙ (וְ) ve. “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.

וִיהוֹשֻׁ֨עַ (וִ) vi. “and”וְכָֽל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכִ֥י (וְ) ve. “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.

וְאֵ֨לֶּה (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֣לֶּה (וְ) ve. “and”וּפָלִֽיט׃ (וּ) u. “and”

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

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

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

וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”

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

וִיהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙ (וִ) vi. “and”