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Joshua 8:29-31
International Standard Version
Joshua 8:29-31
International Standard Version
29 He hanged the king of Ai on a tree until dusk, and at sunset Joshua ordered his body brought down from the tree and laid at the entrance to the gate of the town. There he raised over it a large mound of stones, which stands there to this day.[a]
Joshua Renews the Covenant
30 Then Joshua built an altar to the Lord God of Israel, on Mount Ebal, 31 just the way Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded the Israelis in the Book of the Law of Moses: “…an altar of uncut[b] stones that hasn’t been worked with iron tools…”[c] and they offered burnt offerings to the Lord on it, along with peace offerings.
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- Joshua 8:29 I.e. c. 1100 – 1000 BC
- Joshua 8:31 Or whole
- Joshua 8:31 Cf. Deut. 27:5b
Joshua 8:29-31
New International Version
Joshua 8:29-31
New International Version
29 He impaled the body of the king of Ai on a pole and left it there until evening. At sunset,(A) 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(B) over it, which remains to this day.
The Covenant Renewed at Mount Ebal
30 Then Joshua built on Mount Ebal(C) an altar(D) to the Lord, the God of Israel, 31 as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded the Israelites. He built it according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses—an altar of uncut stones, on which no iron tool(E) had been used. On it they offered to the Lord burnt offerings and sacrificed fellowship offerings.(F)
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