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And the captain of the Lord's army said to Joshua, Take off your shoes from your feet, for the place where you are is holy. And Joshua did so.

מֵעַ֣ל (מֵ) me. “from”

(Now Jericho was all shut up because of the children of Israel: there was no going out or coming in.)

מִפְּנֵ֖י (מִ) mi. “<from>”

And to the people Joshua gave an order, saying, You will give no cry, and make no sound, and let no word go out of your mouth till the day when I say, Give a loud cry; then give a loud cry.

מִפִּיכֶ֖ם (מִ) mi. “from”

And they put everything in the town to the curse; men and women, young and old, ox and sheep and ass, they put to death without mercy.

מֵאִישׁ֙ (מֵ) me. “from”מִנַּ֖עַר (מִ) mi. “from”

Then Joshua said to the two men who had been sent to make a search through the land, Go into the house of the loose woman, and get her out, and all who are with her, as you gave her your oath.

מִשָּׁ֤ם (מִ) mi. “from”

So the searchers went in and got out Rahab and her father and mother and her brothers and all she had, and they got out all her family; and they took them outside the tents of Israel.

מִח֖וּץ (מִ) mi. “from”

Now Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is by the side of Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and said to them, Go up and make a search through the land. And the men went up and saw how Ai was placed.

מִֽירִיח֗וֹ (מִֽ) mi. “from”מִקֶּ֣דֶם (מִ) mi. “from”

The men of Ai put to death about thirty-six of them, driving them from before the town as far as the stoneworks, and overcoming them on the way down: and the hearts of the people became like water.

מֵהֶ֜ם (מֵ) me. “of <the>”

For this reason the children of Israel have given way, turning their backs in flight before their attackers, because they are cursed: I will no longer be with you, if you do not put the cursed thing away from among you.

מִֽקִּרְבְּכֶֽם׃ (מִֽ) Mi. “from”

Up! make the people holy; say to them, Make yourselves holy before tomorrow, for the Lord, the God of Israel, has said, There is a cursed thing among you, O Israel, and you will give way before your attackers in the fight till the cursed thing has been t

מִֽקִּרְבְּכֶֽם׃ (מִֽ) Mi. “from”

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.

מִתּ֣וֹךְ (מִ) mi. “from”

And over him they put a great mass of stones, which is there to this day; then the heat of the Lord's wrath was turned away. So that place was named, The Valley of Achor, to this day.

מֵחֲר֣וֹן (מֵ) me. “from”

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.

מֵאַחֲרֶֽיהָ׃ (מֵ) me. “<from>”

And he gave them their orders, saying, Go and take up your position secretly at the back of the town: do not go very far away, and let all of you be ready:

מֵאַחֲרֵ֣י (מֵ) me. “<from>”

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.

מֵהָ֣אוֹרֵ֔ב (מֵ) me. “from”

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.

מִיָּ֣ם (מִ) mi. “from”

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.

מִצְּפ֣וֹן (מִ) mi. “from”

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.

מִיָּ֥ם (מִ) mi. “from”

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.

מִצְּפ֣וֹן (מִ) mi. “[was] from”מִיָּ֣ם (מִ) mi. “from”

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.

מֵאַחֲרֵ֥י (מֵ) me. “[was] <from>”

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.

מִמְּקוֹמ֤וֹ (מִ) mi. “from”

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.

מִזֶּ֖ה (מִ) mi. “from”מִזֶּ֑ה (מִ) mi. “from”

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

מֵאִ֣ישׁ (מֵ) me. “from”

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

מִזֶּ֣ה׀ (מִ) mi. “from”וּמִזֶּ֣ה׀ (מִ) mi. “from”

Reading to all the meeting of Israel, with the women and the children and the men from other lands who were living among them, every word of the orders which Moses had given.

מִכֹּ֖ל (מִ) mi. “from”