28 Joshua burned Ai and left it a permanent ruin, still desolate today.(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 still remains today.

Renewed Commitment to the Law

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

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Footnotes

  1. 8:29 Or impaled
  2. 8:29 Or wooden stake

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