Joshua 7:2

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And Joshua sendeth men from Jericho to Ai, which `is' near Beth-Aven, on the east of Bethel, and speaketh unto them, saying, `Go up and spy the land;' and the men go up and spy Ai,

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  • Josh 18:12 : 12 And the border is to them at the north side from the Jordan, and the border hath gone up unto the side of Jericho on the north, and gone up through the hill-country westward, and its outgoings have been at the wilderness of Beth-Aven;
  • 1 Sam 13:5 : 5 And the Philistines have been gathered to fight with Israel; thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and a people as the sand which `is' on the sea-shore for multitude; and they come up and encamp in Michmash, east of Beth-Aven.
  • 1 Sam 14:23 : 23 And Jehovah saveth Israel on that day, and the battle hath passed over to Beth-Aven.
  • Hos 4:15 : 15 Though a harlot thou `art', O Israel, Let not Judah become guilty, And come not ye in to Gilgal, nor go up to Beth-Aven, Nor swear ye, Jehovah liveth.
  • Matt 10:16 : 16 `Lo, I do send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves, be ye therefore wise as the serpents, and simple as the doves.
  • Eph 5:15 : 15 See, then, how exactly ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise,
  • Neh 11:31 : 31 And sons of Benjamin `are' at Geba, Michmash, and Aija, and Beth-El, and its small towns,
  • Prov 20:18 : 18 Purposes by counsel thou dost establish, And with plans make thou war.
  • Prov 24:6 : 6 For by plans thou makest for thyself war, And deliverance `is' in a multitude of counsellors.
  • Gen 12:8 : 8 And he removeth from thence towards a mountain at the east of Beth-El, and stretcheth out the tent (Beth-El at the west, and Hai at the east), and he buildeth there an altar to Jehovah, and preacheth in the name of Jehovah.
  • Gen 28:19 : 19 and he calleth the name of that place Bethel, `house of God,' and yet, Luz `is' the name of the city at the first.
  • Josh 2:1 : 1 And Joshua son of Nun sendeth from Shittim, two men, spies, silently, saying, `Go, see the land -- and Jericho;' and they go and come into the house of a woman, a harlot, and her name `is' Rahab, and they lie down there.
  • Josh 12:9 : 9 The king of Jericho, one; The king of Ai, which `is' beside Bethel, one;

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  • Josh 7:3-5
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    3and they turn back unto Joshua, and say unto him, `Let not all the people go up; let about two thousand men, or about three thousand men, go up, and they smite Ai; cause not all the people to labour thither; for they `are' few.'

    4And there go up of the people thither about three thousand men, and they flee before the men of Ai,

    5and the men of Ai smite of them about thirty and six men, and pursue them before the gate unto Shebarim, and they smite them in Morad; and the heart of the people is melted, and becometh water.

  • Josh 8:9-24
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    80%

    9And Joshua sendeth them away, and they go unto the ambush, and abide between Bethel and Ai, on the west of Ai; and Joshua lodgeth on that night in the midst of the people.

    10And Joshua riseth early in the morning, and inspecteth the people, and goeth up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai;

    11and all the people of war who `are' with him have gone up, and draw nigh and come in over-against the city, and encamp on the north of Ai; and the valley `is' between him and Ai.

    12And he taketh about five thousand men, and setteth them an ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west of the city;

    13and they set the people, all the camp which `is' on the north of the city, and its rear on the west of the city, and Joshua goeth on that night into the midst of the valley.

    14And it cometh to pass, when the king of Ai seeth `it', that hasten, and rise early, and go out do the men of the city to meet Israel for battle, he and all his people, at the appointed season, at the front of the plain, and he hath not known that an ambush `is' against him, on the rear of the city.

    15And Joshua and all Israel `seem' stricken before them, and flee the way of the wilderness,

    16and all the people who `are' in the city are called to pursue after them, and they pursue after Joshua, and are drawn away out of the city,

    17and there hath not been left a man in Ai and Bethel who hath not gone out after Israel, and they leave the city open, and pursue after Israel.

    18And Jehovah saith unto Joshua, `Stretch out with the javelin which `is' in thy hand towards Ai, for into thy hand I give it;' and Joshua stretcheth out with the javelin which `is' in his hand toward the city,

    19and the ambush hath risen `with' haste, out of its place, and they run at the stretching out of his hand, and go into the city, and capture it, and hasten, and burn the city with fire.

    20And the men of Ai look behind them, and see, and lo, the smoke of the city hath gone up unto the heavens, and there hath not been in them power to flee hither and thither -- and the people who are fleeing to the wilderness have turned against the pursuer, --

    21and Joshua and all Israel have seen that the ambush hath captured the city, and that the smoke of the city hath gone up, and they turn back and smite the men of Ai;

    22and these have come out from the city to meet them, and they are in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that, and they smite them till he hath not left to them a remnant and escaped one;

    23and the king of Ai they caught alive, and bring him near unto Joshua.

    24And it cometh to pass, at Israel's finishing to slay all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness in which they pursued them (and they fall all of them by the mouth of the sword till their consumption), that all Israel turn back to Ai, and smite it by the mouth of the sword;

  • Josh 8:1-4
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    1And Jehovah saith unto Joshua, `Fear not, nor be affrighted, take with thee all the people of war, and rise, go up to Ai; see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land,

    2and thou hast done to Ai and to her king as thou hast done to Jericho and to her king; only, its spoil and its cattle ye spoil for yourselves; set for thee an ambush for the city at its rear.'

    3And Joshua riseth, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai, and Joshua chooseth thirty thousand men, mighty ones of valour, and sendeth them away by night,

    4and commandeth them, saying, `See, ye are liers in wait against the city, at the rear of the city, ye go not very far off from the city, and all of you have been prepared,

  • Josh 7:1
    75%

    1And the sons of Israel commit a trespass in the devoted thing, and Achan, son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, taketh of the devoted thing, and the anger of Jehovah burneth against the sons of Israel.

  • Josh 2:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1And Joshua son of Nun sendeth from Shittim, two men, spies, silently, saying, `Go, see the land -- and Jericho;' and they go and come into the house of a woman, a harlot, and her name `is' Rahab, and they lie down there.

    2And it is told to the king of Jericho, saying, `Lo, men have come in hither to-night, from the sons of Israel, to search the land.

  • Josh 12:9
    75%

    9The king of Jericho, one; The king of Ai, which `is' beside Bethel, one;

  • Josh 9:3
    74%

    3And the inhabitants of Gibeon have heard that which Joshua hath done to Jericho and to Ai,

  • Josh 18:8-9
    2 verses
    73%

    8And the men rise and go; and Joshua commandeth those who are going to describe the land, saying, `Go, and walk up and down through the land, and describe it, and turn back unto me, and here I cast for you a lot before Jehovah in Shiloh.'

    9And the men go, and pass over through the land, and describe it by cities, in seven portions, on a book, and they come in unto Joshua, unto the camp, `at' Shiloh.

  • Josh 8:28
    72%

    28And Joshua burneth Ai, and maketh it a heap age-during -- a desolation unto this day;

  • Neh 7:32
    72%

    32Men of Bethel and Ai: a hundred twenty and three.

  • Josh 8:26
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    26And Joshua hath not brought back his hand which he stretched out with the javelin till that he hath devoted all the inhabitants of Ai;

  • Judg 1:23
    71%

    23and the house of Joseph cause `men' to spy about Beth-El (and the name of the city formerly is Luz),

  • Josh 6:7
    71%

    7and He said unto the people, `Pass over, and compass the city, and he who is armed doth pass over before the ark of Jehovah.'

  • Josh 7:22-24
    3 verses
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    22And Joshua sendeth messengers, and they run unto the tent, and lo, it is hidden in his tent, and the silver under it;

    23and they take them out of the midst of the tent, and bring them in unto Joshua, and unto all the sons of Israel, and pour them out before Jehovah.

    24And Joshua taketh Achan son of Zerah, and the silver, and the robe, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his ox, and his ass, and his flock, and his tent, and all that he hath, and all Israel with him, and they cause them to go up the valley of Achor.

  • Josh 16:1
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    1And the lot for the sons of Joseph goeth out from Jordan `by' Jericho, to the waters of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness going up from Jericho in the hill-country of Beth-El,

  • Josh 2:23
    71%

    23And the two men turn back, and come down from the hill, and pass over, and come in unto Joshua son of Nun, and recount to him all that hath come upon them;

  • Josh 10:1
    70%

    1And it cometh to pass, when Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem heareth that Joshua hath captured Ai, and doth devote it (as he had done to Jericho and to her king so he hath done to Ai and to her king), and that the inhabitants of Gibeon have made peace with Israel, and are in their midst, --

  • Ezra 2:28
    70%

    28Men of Beth-El and Ai, two hundred twenty and three.

  • Josh 6:2
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    2And Jehovah saith unto Joshua, `See, I have given into thy hand Jericho and its king -- mighty ones of valour,

  • Josh 3:1
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    1And Joshua riseth early in the morning, and they journey from Shittim, and come in unto the Jordan, he and all the sons of Israel, and they lodge there before they pass over.

  • Num 13:17
    70%

    17And Moses sendeth them to spy the land of Canaan, and saith unto them, `Go ye up this `way' into the south, and ye have gone up the mountain,

  • Josh 5:13
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    13And it cometh to pass in Joshua's being by Jericho, that he lifteth up his eyes, and looketh, and lo, one standing over-against him, and his drawn sword in his hand, and Joshua goeth unto him, and saith to him, `Art thou for us or for our adversaries?'