Joshua 8:29-31

Expanded Bible

²⁹ Joshua hanged the king of Ai on a tree and left him there until evening [^Can act of humiliation and shame; Deut. 21:23]. At sunset Joshua told his men to take the king’s body down from the tree and to throw it down at the city gate. Then they covered it with a pile of rocks [7:26], which is still there today.

³⁰ Joshua built an altar for the Lord, the God of Israel, on Mount Ebal, as ³¹ Moses, the Lord’s servant, had commanded the ·Israelites [^Lsons/^Tchildren of Israel]. Joshua built the altar as it was explained in the Book of the ·Teachings [Law] of Moses. It was made from ·uncut [whole] stones; no tool was ever used on them. On that altar the Israelites offered burnt offerings [Lev. 1:1–17] to the Lord and ·fellowship [or peace; well-being] offerings [Lev. 3:1].