Joshua 7:2

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Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai(which is located near Beth Aven, east of Bethel) and instructed them,“Go up and spy on the land.” So the men went up and spied on Ai.

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  • Josh 18:12 : 12 Their northern border started at the Jordan, went up to the slope of Jericho on the north, ascended westward to the hill country, and extended to the wilderness of Beth Aven.
  • 1 Sam 13:5 : 5 Meanwhile the Philistines gathered to battle with Israel. Then they went up against Israel with 3,000 chariots, 6,000 horsemen, and an army as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Micmash, east of Beth Aven.
  • 1 Sam 14:23 : 23 So the LORD delivered Israel that day, and the battle shifted over to Beth Aven.
  • Hos 4:15 : 15 Warning to Judah: Do Not Join in Israel’s Apostasy! Although you, O Israel, commit adultery, do not let Judah become guilty! Do not journey to Gilgal! Do not go up to Beth Aven! Do not swear,“As surely as the LORD lives!”
  • Matt 10:16 : 16 Persecution of Disciples“I am sending you out like sheep surrounded by wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
  • Eph 5:15 : 15 Live Wisely Therefore consider carefully how you live– not as unwise but as wise,
  • Neh 11:31 : 31 Some of the descendants of Benjamin settled in Geba, Micmash, Aija, Bethel and its villages,
  • Prov 20:18 : 18 Plans are established by counsel, so make war with guidance.
  • Prov 24:6 : 6 for with guidance you wage your war, and with numerous advisers there is victory.
  • Gen 12:8 : 8 Then he moved from there to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the LORD and worshiped the LORD.
  • Gen 28:19 : 19 He called that place Bethel, although the former name of the town was Luz.
  • Josh 2:1 : 1 Joshua Sends Spies into the Land Joshua son of Nun sent two spies out from Shittim secretly and instructed them:“Find out what you can about the land, especially Jericho.” They stopped at the house of a prostitute named Rahab and spent the night there.
  • Josh 12:9 : 9 the king of Jericho(one), the king of Ai– located near Bethel–(one),

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Josh 7:3-5
    3 verses
    80%

    3They returned and reported to Joshua,“Don’t send the whole army. About two or three thousand men are adequate to defeat Ai. Don’t tire out the whole army, for Ai is small.”

    4So about three thousand men went up, but they fled from the men of Ai.

    5The men of Ai killed about thirty-six of them and chased them from in front of the city gate all the way to the fissures and defeated them on the steep slope. The people’s courage melted away like water.

  • Josh 8:9-24
    16 verses
    80%

    9Joshua sent them away and they went to their hiding place west of Ai, between Bethel and Ai. Joshua spent that night with the army.

    10Bright and early the next morning Joshua gathered the army, and he and the leaders of Israel marched at the head of it to Ai.

    11All the troops that were with him marched up and drew near the city. They camped north of Ai on the other side of the valley.

    12He took five thousand men and set an ambush west of the city between Bethel and Ai.

    13The army was in position– the main army north of the city and the rear guard west of the city. That night Joshua went into the middle of the valley.

    14When the king of Ai saw Israel, they rushed to get up early. Then the men of the city went out to meet Israel in battle, he and all his people, at the meeting place near the rift valley. But he did not realize an ambush was waiting for him behind the city.

    15Joshua and all Israel pretended to be defeated by them and they retreated along the way to the wilderness.

    16All the reinforcements in Ai were ordered to chase them; they chased Joshua and were lured away from the city.

    17No men were left in Ai or Bethel; they all went out after Israel. They left the city wide open and chased Israel.

    18The LORD told Joshua,“Hold out toward Ai the curved sword in your hand, for I am handing the city over to you.” So Joshua held out toward Ai the curved sword in his hand.

    19When he held out his hand, the men waiting in ambush rose up quickly from their place and attacked. They entered the city, captured it, and immediately set it on fire.

    20When the men of Ai turned around, they saw the smoke from the city ascending into the sky and were so shocked they were unable to flee in any direction. In the meantime the men who were retreating to the wilderness turned against their pursuers.

    21When Joshua and all Israel saw that the men in ambush had captured the city and that the city was going up in smoke, they turned around and struck down the men of Ai.

    22At the same time the men who had taken the city came out to fight, and the men of Ai were trapped in the middle. The Israelites struck them down, leaving no survivors or refugees.

    23But they captured the king of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua.

    24When Israel had finished killing all the men of Ai who had chased them toward the wilderness(they all fell by the sword), all Israel returned to Ai and put the sword to it.

  • Josh 8:1-4
    4 verses
    77%

    1Israel Conquers Ai The LORD told Joshua,“Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! Take the whole army with you and march against Ai! See, I am handing over to you the king of Ai, along with his people, city, and land.

    2Do to Ai and its king what you did to Jericho and its king, except you may plunder its goods and cattle. Set an ambush behind the city!”

    3Joshua and the whole army marched against Ai. Joshua selected thirty thousand brave warriors and sent them out at night.

    4He ordered them,“Look, set an ambush behind the city. Don’t go very far from the city; all of you be ready!

  • Josh 7:1
    75%

    1Achan Sins and is Punished But the Israelites disobeyed the command about the city’s riches. Achan son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, stole some of the riches. The LORD was furious with the Israelites.

  • Josh 2:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1Joshua Sends Spies into the Land Joshua son of Nun sent two spies out from Shittim secretly and instructed them:“Find out what you can about the land, especially Jericho.” They stopped at the house of a prostitute named Rahab and spent the night there.

    2The king of Jericho received this report:“Note well! Israelite men have come here tonight to spy on the land.”

  • Josh 12:9
    75%

    9the king of Jericho(one), the king of Ai– located near Bethel–(one),

  • Josh 9:3
    74%

    3When the residents of Gibeon heard what Joshua did to Jericho and Ai,

  • Josh 18:8-9
    2 verses
    73%

    8When the men started out, Joshua told those going to map out the land,“Go, walk through the land, map it out, and return to me. Then I will draw lots for you before the LORD here in Shiloh.”

    9The men journeyed through the land and mapped it and its cities out into seven regions on a scroll. Then they came to Joshua at the camp in Shiloh.

  • Josh 8:28
    72%

    28Joshua burned Ai and made it a permanently uninhabited mound(it remains that way to this very day).

  • Neh 7:32
    72%

    32the men of Bethel and Ai, 123;

  • Josh 8:26
    72%

    26Joshua kept holding out his curved sword until Israel had annihilated all who lived in Ai.

  • Judg 1:23
    71%

    23When the men of Joseph spied out Bethel(it used to be called Luz),

  • Josh 6:7
    71%

    7And he told the army,“Move ahead and march around the city, with armed troops going ahead of the ark of the LORD.”

  • Josh 7:22-24
    3 verses
    71%

    22Joshua sent messengers who ran to the tent. The things were hidden right in his tent, with the silver underneath.

    23They took it all from the middle of the tent, brought it to Joshua and all the Israelites, and placed it before the LORD.

    24Then Joshua and all Israel took Achan, son of Zerah, along with the silver, the robe, the bar of gold, his sons, daughters, ox, donkey, sheep, tent, and all that belonged to him and brought them up to the Valley of Disaster.

  • Josh 16:1
    71%

    1Joseph’s Tribal Lands The land allotted to Joseph’s descendants extended from the Jordan at Jericho to the waters of Jericho to the east, through the desert and on up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel.

  • Josh 2:23
    71%

    23Then the two men returned– they came down from the hills, crossed the river, came to Joshua son of Nun, and reported to him all they had discovered.

  • Josh 10:1
    70%

    1Israel Defeats an Amorite Coalition Adoni-Zedek, king of Jerusalem, heard how Joshua captured Ai and annihilated it and its king as he did Jericho and its king. He also heard how the people of Gibeon made peace with Israel and lived among them.

  • Ezra 2:28
    70%

    28the men of Bethel and Ai: 223;

  • Josh 6:2
    70%

    2The LORD told Joshua,“See, I am about to defeat Jericho for you, along with its king and its warriors.

  • Josh 3:1
    70%

    1Israel Crosses the Jordan Bright and early the next morning Joshua and the Israelites left Shittim and came to the Jordan. They camped there before crossing the river.

  • Num 13:17
    70%

    17The Spies’ Instructions When Moses sent them to investigate the land of Canaan, he told them,“Go up through the Negev, and then go up into the hill country

  • Josh 5:13
    70%

    13Israel Conquers Jericho When Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him holding a drawn sword. Joshua approached him and asked him,“Are you on our side or allied with our enemies?”