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Joshua 8:27-29
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27 But Israel did plunder the cattle and the goods of the city, in keeping with the Lord’s orders[a] to Joshua. 28 Joshua burned Ai and made it a permanently uninhabited mound (it remains that way to this very day).[b] 29 He hung the king of Ai on a tree, leaving him exposed until evening.[c] At sunset Joshua ordered that his corpse be taken down from the tree.[d] They threw it down at the entrance of the city gate and erected over it a large pile of stones (it remains to this very day).[e]

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  1. Joshua 8:27 tn Heb “message, word.”
  2. Joshua 8:28 tn Heb “and made it a permanent mound, a desolation, to this day.”
  3. Joshua 8:29 tn Heb “on a tree until evening.” The words “leaving him exposed” are supplied in the translation for clarity.
  4. Joshua 8:29 sn For the legal background of this action, see Deut 21:22-23.
  5. Joshua 8:29 tn Heb “to this day.”
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