Joshua 8:18
The 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.
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- Josh 8:26 : 26 Joshua kept holding out his curved sword until Israel had annihilated all who lived in Ai.
- 1 Sam 17:6 : 6 He had bronze shin guards on his legs, and a bronze javelin was slung over his shoulders.
- 1 Sam 17:41 : 41 The Philistine kept coming closer to David, with his shield bearer walking in front of him.
- 1 Sam 17:45 : 45 But David replied to the Philistine,“You are coming against me with sword and spear and javelin. But I am coming against you in the name of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel’s armies, whom you have defied!
- Job 15:25 : 25 for he stretches out his hand against God, and vaunts himself against the Almighty,
- Job 39:23 : 23 On it the quiver rattles; the lance and javelin flash.
- Exod 8:5 : 5 The LORD spoke to Moses,“Tell Aaron,‘Extend your hand with your staff over the rivers, over the canals, and over the ponds, and bring the frogs up over the land of Egypt.’”
- Exod 14:16 : 16 And as for you, lift up your staff and extend your hand toward the sea and divide it, so that the Israelites may go through the middle of the sea on dry ground.
- Exod 17:9-9 : 9 So Moses said to Joshua,“Choose some of our men and go out, fight against Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand.” 10 So Joshua fought against Amalek just as Moses had instructed him, and Moses and Aaron and Hur went up to the top of the hill. 11 Whenever Moses would raise his hands, then Israel prevailed, but whenever he would rest his hands, then Amalek prevailed. 12 When the hands of Moses became heavy, they took a stone and put it under him, and Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on one side and one on the other, and so his hands were steady until the sun went down.
- Josh 8:7 : 7 Then you rise up from your hiding place and seize the city. The LORD your God will hand it over to you.
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- Josh 8:26-294 verses85%
26 Joshua kept holding out his curved sword until Israel had annihilated all who lived in Ai.
27 But Israel did plunder the cattle and the goods of the city, in keeping with the LORD’s orders to Joshua.
28 Joshua burned Ai and made it a permanently uninhabited mound(it remains that way to this very day).
29 He hung the king of Ai on a tree, leaving him exposed until evening. At sunset Joshua ordered that his corpse be taken down from the tree. They threw it down at the entrance of the city gate and erected over it a large pile of stones(it remains to this very day).
- Josh 8:19-246 verses82%
19 When 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.
20 When 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.
21 When 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.
22 At 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.
23 But they captured the king of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua.
24 When 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 8:1-44 verses79%
1 Israel 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.
2 Do 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!”
3 Joshua and the whole army marched against Ai. Joshua selected thirty thousand brave warriors and sent them out at night.
4 He ordered them,“Look, set an ambush behind the city. Don’t go very far from the city; all of you be ready!
- Josh 8:7-1711 verses75%
7 Then you rise up from your hiding place and seize the city. The LORD your God will hand it over to you.
8 When you capture the city, set it on fire in keeping with the Lord’s message. See, I have given you orders.”
9 Joshua sent them away and they went to their hiding place west of Ai, between Bethel and Ai. Joshua spent that night with the army.
10 Bright and early the next morning Joshua gathered the army, and he and the leaders of Israel marched at the head of it to Ai.
11 All 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.
12 He took five thousand men and set an ambush west of the city between Bethel and Ai.
13 The 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.
14 When 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.
15 Joshua and all Israel pretended to be defeated by them and they retreated along the way to the wilderness.
16 All the reinforcements in Ai were ordered to chase them; they chased Joshua and were lured away from the city.
17 No men were left in Ai or Bethel; they all went out after Israel. They left the city wide open and chased Israel.
- Josh 7:2-32 verses74%
2 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.
3 They 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.”
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2 The LORD told Joshua,“See, I am about to defeat Jericho for you, along with its king and its warriors.
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13 Israel 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?”
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8 The LORD told Joshua,“Don’t be afraid of them, for I am handing them over to you. Not one of them can resist you.”
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30 The LORD handed it and its king over to Israel, and Israel put the sword to all who lived there; they left no survivors. They did to its king what they had done to the king of Jericho.
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8 The LORD handed them over to Israel and they struck them down and chased them all the way to Greater Sidon, Misrephoth Maim, and the Mizpah Valley to the east. They struck them down until no survivors remained.
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7 And he told the army,“Move ahead and march around the city, with armed troops going ahead of the ark of the LORD.”
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19 But don’t you delay! Chase your enemies and catch them! Don’t allow them to retreat to their cities, for the LORD your God is handing them over to you.”
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15 The LORD told Joshua,
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13 So Joshua destroyed Amalek and his army with the sword.
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16 The seventh time around, the priests blew the rams’ horns and Joshua told the army,“Give the battle cry, for the LORD is handing the city over to you!
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18 The LORD replied to Moses,“Take Joshua son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him;
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1 Israel Designates Cities of Refuge The LORD instructed Joshua:
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23 They took it all from the middle of the tent, brought it to Joshua and all the Israelites, and placed it before the LORD.