1	And the LORD said# unto Joshua, Fear# not, neither be thou dismayed# : take# all the people of war with thee, and arise# , go up# to Ai: see# , I have given# into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land:
			2	And thou shalt do# to Ai and her king as thou didst# unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey# unto yourselves: lay# thee an ambush# for the city behind it.
			3	So Joshua arose# , and all the people of war, to go up# against Ai: and Joshua chose out# thirty thousand mighty men of valour, and sent them away# by night.
			4	And he commanded# them, saying# , Behold# , ye shall lie in wait# against the city, even behind the city: go# not very far# from the city, but be ye all ready# :
			5	And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach# unto the city: and it shall come to pass, when they come out# against# us, as at the first, that we will flee# before them,
			6	(For they will come out# after us) till we have drawn# them from the city; for they will say# , They flee# before us, as at the first: therefore we will flee# before them. [drawn: Heb. pulled]
			7	Then ye shall rise up# from the ambush# , and seize# upon the city: for the LORD your God will deliver# it into your hand.
			8	And it shall be, when ye have taken# the city, that ye shall set# the city on fire: according to the commandment of the LORD shall ye do# . See# , I have commanded# you.
			9	Joshua therefore sent them forth# : and they went# to lie in ambush, and abode# between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged# that night among the people.
			10	And Joshua rose up early# in the morning, and numbered# the people, and went up# , he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.
			11	And all the people, even the people of war that were with him, went up# , and drew nigh# , and came# before the city, and pitched# on the north side of Ai: now there was a valley between them and Ai.
			12	And he took# about five thousand men, and set# them to lie in ambush# between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city# # . [of...: or, of Ai]
			13	And when they had set# the people, even all the host that was on the north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the city, Joshua went# that night into the midst of the valley. [liers...: Heb. lying in wait]
			14	And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw# it , that they hasted# and rose up early# , and the men of the city went out# against# Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he wist# not that there were liers in ambush# against him behind the city.
			15	And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten# before them, and fled# by the way of the wilderness.
			16	And all the people that were in Ai# # were called# together to pursue# after them: and they pursued# after Joshua, and were drawn away# from the city.
			17	And there was not a man left# in Ai or Bethel, that went not out# after Israel: and they left# the city open# , and pursued# after Israel.
			18	And the LORD said# unto Joshua, Stretch out# the spear that is in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give# it into thine hand. And Joshua stretched out# the spear that he had in his hand toward the city.
			19	And the ambush# arose# quickly out of their place, and they ran# as soon as he had stretched out# his hand: and they entered# into the city, and took# it, and hasted# and set# the city on fire.
			20	And when the men of Ai looked# behind them, they saw# , and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up# to heaven, and they had no power to flee# this way or that way: and the people that fled# to the wilderness turned back# upon the pursuers# . [power: Heb. hand]
			21	And when Joshua and all Israel saw# that the ambush# had taken# the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended# , then they turned again# , and slew# the men of Ai.
			22	And the other issued out# of the city against# them; so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: and they smote# them, so that they let# none of them remain or escape.
			23	And the king of Ai they took# alive, and brought# him to Joshua.
			24	And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end# of slaying# all the inhabitants# of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased# them, and when they were all fallen# on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed# , that all the Israelites returned# unto Ai, and smote# it with the edge of the sword.
			25	And so it was, that all that fell# that day, both of men and women, were twelve# thousand, even all the men of Ai.
			26	For Joshua drew# not his hand back# , wherewith he stretched out# the spear, until he had utterly destroyed# all the inhabitants# of Ai.
			27	Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey# unto themselves, according unto the word of the LORD which he commanded# Joshua.
			28	And Joshua burnt# Ai, and made# it an heap for ever, even a desolation unto this day.
			29	And the king of Ai he hanged# on a tree until eventide# : and as soon as the sun was down# , Joshua commanded# that they should take# his carcase down# from the tree, and cast# it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise# thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day.
			30	Then Joshua built# an altar unto the LORD God of Israel in mount Ebal,
			31	As Moses the servant of the LORD commanded# the children of Israel, as it is written# in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones, over which no man hath lift up# any iron: and they offered# thereon burnt offerings unto the LORD, and sacrificed# peace offerings.
			32	And he wrote# there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote# in the presence of the children of Israel.
			33	And all Israel, and their elders, and officers# , and their judges# , stood# on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, which bare# the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded# before, that they should bless# the people of Israel.
			34	And afterward he read# all the words of the law, the blessings and cursings, according to all that is written# in the book of the law.
			35	There was not a word of all that Moses commanded# , which Joshua read# not before all the congregation of Israel, with the women, and the little ones, and the strangers that were conversant# among them. [were...: Heb. walked]