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and it hath been, he who is captured with the devoted thing is burnt with fire, he and all that he hath, because he hath transgressed the covenant of Jehovah, and because he hath done folly in Israel.'

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

And Joshua riseth early in the morning, and bringeth Israel near by its tribes, and the tribe of Judah is captured;

בַּבֹּ֔קֶר (בַּ) ba. “in the”

and I see among the spoil a goodly robe of Shinar, and two hundred shekels of silver, and one wedge of gold, whose weight `is' fifty shekels, and I desire them, and take them; and lo, 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 sendeth messengers, and they run unto the tent, and lo, it is hidden in his tent, and the silver under it;

בְּאָהֳל֖וֹ (בְּ) be. “in”

And Joshua saith, `What! thou hast troubled us! -- Jehovah doth trouble thee this day;' and all Israel cast stones at him, and they burn them with fire, and they stone them with stones,

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

And Jehovah saith unto Joshua, `Fear not, nor be affrighted, take with thee all the people of war, and rise, 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 who `are' with me draw near unto the city, and it hath come to pass when they come out to meet us as at the first, and we have fled before them,

בָּרִֽאשֹׁנָ֔ה (בָּ) ba. “at the”

and they have come out after us till we have drawn them out of the city, for they say, They are fleeing before us as at the first, and we have fled before them,

בָּרִֽאשֹׁנָ֑ה (בָּ) ba. “at the”

and ye rise from the ambush, and have occupied the city, and Jehovah your God hath given it into your hand;

בְּיֶדְכֶֽם׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

and it hath been, when ye capture the city, ye burn the city with fire, according to the word of Jehovah ye do, see, I have commanded you.'

בָּאֵ֔שׁ (בָּ) ba. “with <the>”

And Joshua sendeth them away, and they go unto the ambush, and abide between Bethel and Ai, on the west of Ai; and Joshua lodgeth on that night in the midst of the people.

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

And Joshua riseth early in the morning, and inspecteth the people, and goeth up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai;

בַּבֹּ֔קֶר (בַּ) ba. “in the”

and they set the people, all the camp which `is' on the north of the city, and its rear on the west of the city, and Joshua goeth on that night into the midst of the valley.

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

and all the people who `are' in the city are called to pursue after them, and they pursue after Joshua, and are drawn away out of the city,

בָּעַ֔י (בָּ) ba. “[was] in <the>”

and there hath not been left a man in Ai and Bethel who hath not gone out after Israel, and they leave the city open, and pursue after Israel.

בָּעַי֙ (בָּ) ba. “in <the>”

And Jehovah saith unto Joshua, `Stretch out with the javelin which `is' in thy hand towards Ai, for into thy hand I give it;' and Joshua stretcheth out with the javelin which `is' 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 hath risen `with' haste, out of its place, and they run at the stretching out of his hand, and go into the city, and capture it, and hasten, and burn the city with fire.

בָּאֵֽשׁ׃ (בָּ) ba. “with <the>”

And the men of Ai look behind them, and see, and lo, the smoke of the city hath gone up unto the heavens, and there hath not been in them power to flee hither and thither -- and the people who are fleeing to the wilderness have turned against the pursuer, --

בָהֶ֥ם (בָ) va. “in <the>”

and these have come out from the city to meet them, and they are in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that, and they smite them till he hath not left to them a remnant and escaped one;

בַּתָּ֔וֶךְ (בַּ) ba. “in the”

And it cometh to pass, at Israel's finishing to slay all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness in which they pursued them (and they fall all of them by the mouth of the sword till their consumption), that all Israel turn back to Ai, and smite it by the mouth of the sword;

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

and all who fall during the day, of men and of women, are twelve thousand -- all men of Ai.

בַּיּ֤וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”

And Joshua hath not brought back his hand which he stretched out with the javelin till that he hath devoted all the inhabitants of Ai;

בַּכִּיד֑וֹן (בַּ) ba. “with the”

Then doth Joshua build an altar to Jehovah, God of Israel, in mount Ebal,

בְּהַ֖ר (בְּ) be. “on”

as Moses, servant of Jehovah, commanded the sons of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses -- an altar of whole stones, over which he hath not waved iron -- and they cause to go up upon it burnt-offerings to Jehovah, and sacrifice peace-offerings;

בְּסֵ֙פֶר֙ (בְּ) be. “in”

And all Israel, and its elders, and authorities, and its judges, are standing on this side and on that of the ark, over-against the priests, the Levites, bearing the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, as well the sojourner as the native, half of them over-against mount Gerizim, and the half of them over-against mount Ebal, as Moses servant of Jehovah commanded to bless the people of Israel at the first.

בָּרִאשֹׁנָֽה׃ (בָּ) ba. “at the”