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Joshua 8:28-30
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Joshua 8:28-30
New International Reader's Version
28 So Joshua burned down Ai. He tore it down so it could never be built again. It has been deserted to this very day. 29 Joshua killed the king of Ai. He stuck a pole through the body. Then he set it up where people could see it. He left it there until evening. At sunset, Joshua ordered his men to remove the body from the pole. He told them to throw the body down at the entrance of the city gate. They put a large pile of rocks over the body. That pile is still there to this day.
Joshua Reads the Book of the Law to the People
30 Joshua built an altar to honor the Lord, the God of Israel. He built it on Mount Ebal.
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Joshua 8:28-30
New International Version
Joshua 8:28-30
New International Version
28 So Joshua burned(A) Ai[a](B) and made it a permanent heap of ruins,(C) a desolate place to this day.(D) 29 He impaled the body of the king of Ai on a pole and left it there until evening. At sunset,(E) 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(F) over it, which remains to this day.
The Covenant Renewed at Mount Ebal
30 Then Joshua built on Mount Ebal(G) an altar(H) to the Lord, the God of Israel,
Footnotes
- Joshua 8:28 Ai means the ruin.
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