1 Then the LORD said to Joshua, "Do not be afraid or discouraged. Take the whole army with you, and go up and attack Ai. See, I have delivered into your hand the king of Ai, his people, his city, and his land. 2 And you shall do to Aiand its king as you did to Jerichoand its king, except that you may carry off their plunder and livestock for yourselves. Set up an ambush behind the city."
3 So Joshuaand the whole army set out to attack Ai. Joshuachose 30,000 mighty men of valor and sent them out at night 4 with these orders: "Pay attention. You are to lie in ambush behind the city, not too far from it. All of you must be ready. 5 Then I and all the troops with me will advance on the city. When they come out against us as they did the first time, we will flee from them. 6 They will pursue us until we have drawn them away from the city, for they will say, ‘The Israelites are running away from us as they did before.’ So as we flee from them, 7 you are to rise from the ambush and seize the city, for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand. 8 And when you have taken the city, set it on fire. Do as the LORD has commanded! See, I have given you orders."
9 So Joshuasent them out, and they went to the place of ambush and lay in wait between Betheland Ai, to the west of Ai. But Joshuaspent that night among the people.
10 Joshuagot up early the next morning and mobilized his men, and he and the elders of Israel marched before them up to Ai. 11 Then all the troops who were with him marched up and approached the city. They arrived in front of Aiand camped to the north of it, with the valley between them and the city.
12 Now Joshua had taken about five thousand men and set up an ambush between Betheland Ai, to the west of the city. 13 So the forces were stationed with the main camp to the north of the city and the rear guard to the west of the city. And that night Joshuawent into the valley.
14 When the king of Aisaw the Israelites, he hurried out early in the morning with the men of the city to engage them in battle at an appointed place overlooking the Arabah. But he did not know that an ambush had been set up against him behind the city. 15 Joshuaand all Israel let themselves be beaten back before them, and they fled toward the wilderness. 16 Then all the men of Aiwere summoned to pursue them, and they followed Joshuaand were drawn away from the city. 17 Not a man was left in Aior Bethelwho did not go out after Israel, leaving the city wide open while they pursued Israel.
18 Then the LORD said to Joshua, "Hold out your battle lance8:18 Or javelin; twice in this verse, and also in verse 26toward Ai, for into your hand I will deliver the city." So Joshuaheld out his battle lance toward Ai, 19 and as soon as he did so, the men in ambush rose quickly from their position. They rushed forward, entered the city, captured it, and immediately set it on fire.
20 When the men of Aiturned and looked back, the smoke of the city was rising into the sky. They could not escape in any direction, and the troops who had fled to the wilderness now turned against their pursuers. 21 When Joshuaand all Israel saw that the men in ambush had captured the city and that smoke was rising from it, they turned around and struck down the men of Ai. 22 Meanwhile, those in the ambush came out of the city against them, and the men of Aiwere trapped between the Israelite forces on both sides. So Israel struck them down until no survivor or fugitive remained. 23 But they took the king of Aialive and brought him to Joshua.
24 When Israel had finished killing all the men of Aiwho had pursued them into the field and wilderness, and when every last one of them had fallen by the sword, all the Israelites returned to Aiand put it to the sword as well. 25 A total of twelve thousand men and women fell that day— all the people of Ai. 26 Joshuadid not draw back the hand that held his battle lance until he had devoted to destruction8:26 Forms of the Hebrew cherem refer to the giving over of things or persons to the LORD, either by destroying them or by giving them as an offering.all who lived in Ai. 27 Israel took for themselves only the cattle and plunder of that city, as the LORD had commanded Joshua.
28 So Joshuaburned Ai8:28 Ai means ruin.and made it a permanent heap of ruins, a desolation to this day. 29 He hung the king of Aion a tree8:29 Or He impaled the king of Ai on a poleuntil evening, and at sunset Joshuacommanded that they take down the body from the tree and throw it down at the entrance of the city gate. And over it they raised a large pile of rocks, which remains to this day.
Joshua Renews the Covenant
30 At that time Joshuabuilt an altar on Mount Ebalto the LORD, the God of Israel, 31 just as Mosesthe 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 has been used."8:31 Exodus 20:25; Deuteronomy 27:5And on it they offered burnt offerings to the LORD, and they sacrificed peace offerings.
32 And there in the presence of the Israelites, Joshua inscribed on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he had written. 33 All Israel, foreigners and citizens alike, with their elders, officers, and judges, stood on both sides of the ark of the covenant of the LORD facing the Levitical priests who carried it. Half of the people stood in front of Mount Gerizimand half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Mosesthe servant of the LORD had commanded earlier, to bless the people of Israel.
34 Afterward, Joshua read aloud all the words of the law— the blessings and the curses— according to all that is written in the Book of the Law. 35 There was not a word of all that Moseshad commanded that Joshuafailed to read before the whole assembly of Israel, including the women, the little ones, and the foreigners who lived among them.
Pessoa
Tribo de Ephraim
Joshua
יְהוֹשֻׁעַyəhoshuaἸησοῦIēsoû
Joshua, son of Nun and assistant to Moses, succeeded him in leadership, led Israel across the Jordan, conquered Jericho, and divided the land of Canaan among the tribes (Joshua 1:1).
Ai is the city east of Bethel whose men killed thirty-six Israelites and which Joshua later captured with an ambush, destroying all who lived there (Joshua 8:26).
Ai is the city east of Bethel whose men killed thirty-six Israelites and which Joshua later captured with an ambush, destroying all who lived there (Joshua 8:26).
Ai is the city east of Bethel whose men killed thirty-six Israelites and which Joshua later captured with an ambush, destroying all who lived there (Joshua 8:26).
Jericho is the city opposite which Israel crossed the Jordan and which was set apart for destruction, with Rahab and those in her house spared. Hiel of Bethel rebuilt it in Ahab’s time (Joshua 6:17).
Joshua, son of Nun and assistant to Moses, succeeded him in leadership, led Israel across the Jordan, conquered Jericho, and divided the land of Canaan among the tribes (Joshua 1:1).
Ai is the city east of Bethel whose men killed thirty-six Israelites and which Joshua later captured with an ambush, destroying all who lived there (Joshua 8:26).
Joshua, son of Nun and assistant to Moses, succeeded him in leadership, led Israel across the Jordan, conquered Jericho, and divided the land of Canaan among the tribes (Joshua 1:1).
Joshua, son of Nun and assistant to Moses, succeeded him in leadership, led Israel across the Jordan, conquered Jericho, and divided the land of Canaan among the tribes (Joshua 1:1).
Bethel is the city formerly called Luz, where God revealed himself to a man fleeing from his brother and where an altar was built; a calf was also set up there (Genesis 35:7).
Ai is the city east of Bethel whose men killed thirty-six Israelites and which Joshua later captured with an ambush, destroying all who lived there (Joshua 8:26).
Ai is the city east of Bethel whose men killed thirty-six Israelites and which Joshua later captured with an ambush, destroying all who lived there (Joshua 8:26).
Joshua, son of Nun and assistant to Moses, succeeded him in leadership, led Israel across the Jordan, conquered Jericho, and divided the land of Canaan among the tribes (Joshua 1:1).
Joshua, son of Nun and assistant to Moses, succeeded him in leadership, led Israel across the Jordan, conquered Jericho, and divided the land of Canaan among the tribes (Joshua 1:1).
Ai is the city east of Bethel whose men killed thirty-six Israelites and which Joshua later captured with an ambush, destroying all who lived there (Joshua 8:26).
Ai is the city east of Bethel whose men killed thirty-six Israelites and which Joshua later captured with an ambush, destroying all who lived there (Joshua 8:26).
Bethel is the city formerly called Luz, where God revealed himself to a man fleeing from his brother and where an altar was built; a calf was also set up there (Genesis 35:7).
Ai is the city east of Bethel whose men killed thirty-six Israelites and which Joshua later captured with an ambush, destroying all who lived there (Joshua 8:26).
Joshua, son of Nun and assistant to Moses, succeeded him in leadership, led Israel across the Jordan, conquered Jericho, and divided the land of Canaan among the tribes (Joshua 1:1).
Ai is the city east of Bethel whose men killed thirty-six Israelites and which Joshua later captured with an ambush, destroying all who lived there (Joshua 8:26).
The Arabah is the region east of the Jordan, in the wilderness, where Moses spoke to all Israel, opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth and Dizahab (Deuteronomy 1:1).
Joshua, son of Nun and assistant to Moses, succeeded him in leadership, led Israel across the Jordan, conquered Jericho, and divided the land of Canaan among the tribes (Joshua 1:1).
Ai is the city east of Bethel whose men killed thirty-six Israelites and which Joshua later captured with an ambush, destroying all who lived there (Joshua 8:26).
Joshua, son of Nun and assistant to Moses, succeeded him in leadership, led Israel across the Jordan, conquered Jericho, and divided the land of Canaan among the tribes (Joshua 1:1).
Ai is the city east of Bethel whose men killed thirty-six Israelites and which Joshua later captured with an ambush, destroying all who lived there (Joshua 8:26).
Bethel is the city formerly called Luz, where God revealed himself to a man fleeing from his brother and where an altar was built; a calf was also set up there (Genesis 35:7).
Joshua, son of Nun and assistant to Moses, succeeded him in leadership, led Israel across the Jordan, conquered Jericho, and divided the land of Canaan among the tribes (Joshua 1:1).
Ai is the city east of Bethel whose men killed thirty-six Israelites and which Joshua later captured with an ambush, destroying all who lived there (Joshua 8:26).
Joshua, son of Nun and assistant to Moses, succeeded him in leadership, led Israel across the Jordan, conquered Jericho, and divided the land of Canaan among the tribes (Joshua 1:1).
Ai is the city east of Bethel whose men killed thirty-six Israelites and which Joshua later captured with an ambush, destroying all who lived there (Joshua 8:26).
Ai is the city east of Bethel whose men killed thirty-six Israelites and which Joshua later captured with an ambush, destroying all who lived there (Joshua 8:26).
Joshua, son of Nun and assistant to Moses, succeeded him in leadership, led Israel across the Jordan, conquered Jericho, and divided the land of Canaan among the tribes (Joshua 1:1).
Ai is the city east of Bethel whose men killed thirty-six Israelites and which Joshua later captured with an ambush, destroying all who lived there (Joshua 8:26).
Ai is the city east of Bethel whose men killed thirty-six Israelites and which Joshua later captured with an ambush, destroying all who lived there (Joshua 8:26).
Ai is the city east of Bethel whose men killed thirty-six Israelites and which Joshua later captured with an ambush, destroying all who lived there (Joshua 8:26).
Joshua, son of Nun and assistant to Moses, succeeded him in leadership, led Israel across the Jordan, conquered Jericho, and divided the land of Canaan among the tribes (Joshua 1:1).
Ai is the city east of Bethel whose men killed thirty-six Israelites and which Joshua later captured with an ambush, destroying all who lived there (Joshua 8:26).
Ai is the city east of Bethel whose men killed thirty-six Israelites and which Joshua later captured with an ambush, destroying all who lived there (Joshua 8:26).
Ai is the city east of Bethel whose men killed thirty-six Israelites and which Joshua later captured with an ambush, destroying all who lived there (Joshua 8:26).
Joshua, son of Nun and assistant to Moses, succeeded him in leadership, led Israel across the Jordan, conquered Jericho, and divided the land of Canaan among the tribes (Joshua 1:1).
Ai is the city east of Bethel whose men killed thirty-six Israelites and which Joshua later captured with an ambush, destroying all who lived there (Joshua 8:26).
Joshua, son of Nun and assistant to Moses, succeeded him in leadership, led Israel across the Jordan, conquered Jericho, and divided the land of Canaan among the tribes (Joshua 1:1).
Joshua, son of Nun and assistant to Moses, succeeded him in leadership, led Israel across the Jordan, conquered Jericho, and divided the land of Canaan among the tribes (Joshua 1:1).
Ai is the city east of Bethel whose men killed thirty-six Israelites and which Joshua later captured with an ambush, destroying all who lived there (Joshua 8:26).
Ai is the city east of Bethel whose men killed thirty-six Israelites and which Joshua later captured with an ambush, destroying all who lived there (Joshua 8:26).
Joshua, son of Nun and assistant to Moses, succeeded him in leadership, led Israel across the Jordan, conquered Jericho, and divided the land of Canaan among the tribes (Joshua 1:1).
Joshua, son of Nun and assistant to Moses, succeeded him in leadership, led Israel across the Jordan, conquered Jericho, and divided the land of Canaan among the tribes (Joshua 1:1).
Mount Ebal is the mountain where Joshua built an altar to the Lord, the God of Israel. Moses commanded that plastered stones be set up there and that six tribes pronounce the curses (Joshua 8:30).
Moses, a Levite raised by Pharaoh’s daughter, was called by God at the burning bush, brought Israel out of slavery in Egypt, and received the law on Mount Sinai (Exodus 3:4).
Moses, a Levite raised by Pharaoh’s daughter, was called by God at the burning bush, brought Israel out of slavery in Egypt, and received the law on Mount Sinai (Exodus 3:4).
Moses, a Levite raised by Pharaoh’s daughter, was called by God at the burning bush, brought Israel out of slavery in Egypt, and received the law on Mount Sinai (Exodus 3:4).
Jacob, son of Isaac, bought the birthright from Esau, wrestled with God at Penuel, and received the name Israel; his twelve sons gave rise to the tribes (Genesis 32:28).
Significado: “One who takes by the heel (supplanter)”
Mount Gerizim is the mountain in front of which half of Israel stood, and the other half in front of Mount Ebal, for the people to be blessed, as Moses had commanded (Joshua 8:33).
Mount Ebal is the mountain where Joshua built an altar to the Lord, the God of Israel. Moses commanded that plastered stones be set up there and that six tribes pronounce the curses (Joshua 8:30).
Moses, a Levite raised by Pharaoh’s daughter, was called by God at the burning bush, brought Israel out of slavery in Egypt, and received the law on Mount Sinai (Exodus 3:4).
Jacob, son of Isaac, bought the birthright from Esau, wrestled with God at Penuel, and received the name Israel; his twelve sons gave rise to the tribes (Genesis 32:28).
Significado: “One who takes by the heel (supplanter)”
Moses, a Levite raised by Pharaoh’s daughter, was called by God at the burning bush, brought Israel out of slavery in Egypt, and received the law on Mount Sinai (Exodus 3:4).
Joshua, son of Nun and assistant to Moses, succeeded him in leadership, led Israel across the Jordan, conquered Jericho, and divided the land of Canaan among the tribes (Joshua 1:1).
Jacob, son of Isaac, bought the birthright from Esau, wrestled with God at Penuel, and received the name Israel; his twelve sons gave rise to the tribes (Genesis 32:28).
Significado: “One who takes by the heel (supplanter)”