Joshua 8:28-30

Holman Christian Standard Bible

²⁸ Joshua burned Ai and left it a permanent ruin, desolate to this day.^{(A) 29} He hung^[a] the body of the king of Ai on a tree^[b] until evening, and at sunset Joshua commanded that they take his body down from the tree.^(B) They threw it down at the entrance of the city gate and put a large pile of rocks over it, which remains to this day.

Renewed Commitment to the Law

³⁰ At that time Joshua built an altar on Mount Ebal^(C) to the Lord, the God of Israel,