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Joshua 8:27-29
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
Joshua 8:27-29
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
27 Only the livestock and the spoil of that city Israel took as booty for themselves, according to the word of the Lord which He commanded Joshua.
28 So Joshua burned Ai and made it a heap of ruins for ever, even a desolation to this day.
29 And he hanged the king of Ai on a tree until evening; and at sunset, Joshua commanded and they took the body down from the tree and cast it at the entrance of the city gate and raised a great heap of stones over it that is there to this day.
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Joshua 8:27-29
New International Version
Joshua 8:27-29
New International Version
27 But Israel did carry off for themselves the livestock and plunder of this city, as the Lord had instructed Joshua.(A)
28 So Joshua burned(B) Ai[a](C) and made it a permanent heap of ruins,(D) a desolate place to this day.(E) 29 He impaled the body of the king of Ai on a pole and left it there until evening. At sunset,(F) Joshua ordered them to take the body from the pole and throw it down at the entrance of the city gate. And they raised a large pile of rocks(G) over it, which remains to this day.
Footnotes
- Joshua 8:28 Ai means the ruin.
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