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Then the man who is taken with the cursed thing is to be burned, with everything which is his; because he has gone against the agreement of the Lord and has done an act of shame in Israel.

בַּחֵ֔רֶם (בַּ) ba. “with the”בָּאֵ֔שׁ (בָּ) ba. “with <the>”בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

So Joshua got up early in the morning, and made Israel come before him by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken;

בַּבֹּ֔קֶר (בַּ) ba. “in the”

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.

בַשָּׁלָ֡ל (בַ) va. “among the”בָּאָ֛רֶץ (בָּ) ba. “in the”בְּת֥וֹךְ (בְּ) be. “in”

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.

בְּאָהֳל֖וֹ (בְּ) be. “in”

And Joshua said, Why have you been a cause of trouble to us? Today the Lord will send trouble on you. And all Israel took part in stoning him; they had him stoned to death and then burned with fire.

בַּיּ֣וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”בָּאֵ֔שׁ (בָּ) ba. “with <the>”בָּאֲבָנִֽים׃ (בָּ) ba. “with <the>”

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:

בְיָדְךָ֗ (בְ) ve. “in”

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;

בָּרִֽאשֹׁנָ֔ה (בָּ) ba. “at the”

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;

בָּרִֽאשֹׁנָ֑ה (בָּ) ba. “at the”

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.

בְּיֶדְכֶֽם׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

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

בָּאֵ֔שׁ (בָּ) ba. “with <the>”

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.

בַּלַּ֥יְלָה (בַּ) ba. “in the”בְּת֥וֹךְ (בְּ) be. “in”

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.

בַּבֹּ֔קֶר (בַּ) ba. “in the”

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.

בַּלַּ֥יְלָה (בַּ) ba. “in the”בְּת֥וֹךְ (בְּ) be. “in”

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

בָּעַ֔י (בָּ) ba. “[was] in <the>”

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.

בָּעַי֙ (בָּ) ba. “in <the>”

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.

בַּכִּיד֤וֹן (בַּ) ba. “with the”בְּיָֽדְךָ֙ (בְּ) be. “[is] in”בְיָדְךָ֖ (בְ) ve. “in”בַּכִּיד֥וֹן (בַּ) ba. “with the”בְּיָד֖וֹ (בְּ) be. “[was] in”

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.

בָּאֵֽשׁ׃ (בָּ) ba. “with <the>”

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.

בָהֶ֥ם (בָ) va. “in <the>”

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.

בַּתָּ֔וֶךְ (בַּ) ba. “in the”

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.

בַּשָּׂדֶ֗ה (בַּ) ba. “in the”בַּמִּדְבָּר֙ (בַּ) ba. “in the”בּ֔וֹ (בּ֔) b “in <the>”

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

בַּיּ֤וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”

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

בַּכִּיד֑וֹן (בַּ) ba. “with the”

Then Joshua put up an altar to the Lord, the God of Israel, in Mount Ebal,

בְּהַ֖ר (בְּ) be. “on”

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.

בְּסֵ֙פֶר֙ (בְּ) be. “in”

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

בָּרִאשֹׁנָֽה׃ (בָּ) ba. “at the”