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And it shall be, that he who is taken with the accursed thing shall be burned with fire, he and all that he hath, because he hath transgressed the covenant of Jehovah, and because he hath wrought wickedness in Israel.

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

And Joshua rose early in the morning, and caused Israel to come forward by their tribes, and the tribe of Judah was taken.

בַּבֹּ֔קֶר (בַּ) ba. “in the”

I saw among the spoils a beautiful mantle of Shinar, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a golden bar of fifty shekels weight, and I coveted them and took them; and behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.

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

And Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent, and behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.

בְּאָהֳל֖וֹ (בְּ) be. “in”

And Joshua said, How hast thou troubled us! Jehovah will trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones; and they burned them with fire, and stoned them with stones.

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

And Jehovah said to Joshua, Fear not, neither be dismayed. Take with thee all the people of war, and arise, go up to Ai. See, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land.

בְיָדְךָ֗ (בְ) ve. “in”

And I and all the people that are with me will approach to the city; and it shall come to pass when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them.

בָּרִֽאשֹׁנָ֔ה (בָּ) ba. “at the”

And they will come out after us till we have drawn them from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first; and we will flee before them.

בָּרִֽאשֹׁנָ֑ה (בָּ) ba. “at the”

And ye shall rise up from the ambush and take possession of the city; and Jehovah your God will deliver it into your hand.

בְּיֶדְכֶֽם׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

And it shall be when ye have taken the city, that ye shall set the city on fire; according to the word of Jehovah shall ye do. See, I have commanded you.

בָּאֵ֔שׁ (בָּ) ba. “with <the>”

And Joshua sent them forth; and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west of Ai. And Joshua lodged that night among the people.

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

And Joshua rose early in the morning, and inspected the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.

בַּבֹּ֔קֶר (בַּ) ba. “in the”

And when they had set the people, the whole camp on the north of the city, and their ambush on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.

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

And all the people that were in the city were called together to pursue after them; and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.

בָּעַ֔י (בָּ) ba. “[was] in <the>”

And not a man remained in Ai and Bethel that went not out after Israel; and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.

בָּעַי֙ (בָּ) ba. “in <the>”

And Jehovah said to Joshua, Stretch out the javelin that is in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thy hand. And Joshua stretched out the javelin that he had in his hand toward the city.

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

And the ambush arose quickly from their place, and they ran when he stretched out his hand, and came into the city, and took it, and hasted and set the city on fire.

בָּאֵֽשׁ׃ (בָּ) ba. “with <the>”

And the men of Ai turned and saw, and behold, the smoke of the city went up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way; and the people that fled to the wilderness turned upon the pursuers.

בָהֶ֥ם (בָ) va. “in <the>”

And the others went 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 smote them, until they let none of them escape or flee away.

בַּתָּ֔וֶךְ (בַּ) ba. “in the”

And it came to pass when Israel had ended slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they had chased them, and they had all fallen by the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all Israel returned to Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.

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

And so it was, that all who fell that day, men as well as women, were twelve thousand, all the people of Ai.

בַּיּ֤וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”

And Joshua did not draw back his hand, which he had stretched out with the javelin, until they had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.

בַּכִּיד֑וֹן (בַּ) ba. “with the”

Then Joshua built an altar to Jehovah the God of Israel, in mount Ebal,

בְּהַ֖ר (בְּ) be. “on”

as Moses the servant of Jehovah had commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones, over which iron had not been lifted up. And they offered up burnt-offerings on it to Jehovah, and sacrificed peace-offerings.

בְּסֵ֙פֶר֙ (בְּ) be. “in”

And all Israel, and their elders, and their officers and judges, stood on this side and on that side of the ark before the priests the Levites, who bore the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, as well the stranger as the home-born [ergänzt: Israelite]; half of them toward mount Gerizim, and the other half of them toward mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of Jehovah had commanded, that they should bless the people of Israel, in the beginning.

בָּרִאשֹׁנָֽה׃ (בָּ) ba. “at the”