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So the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying. Bring forth the men that have entered into your house at night; for they have come to spy in the country.

And she said, According to your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed; and she bound the scarlet cord in the window.

So the two spies came down from the mountain, and passed over and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all that had befallen them.

And the LORD said to Joshua, From this day I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that as I was with Moses, so I will be with you.

So that all the peoples of the earth might know that the hand of the LORD is mighty, and that you may worship the LORD your God for ever.

So Joshua made a flint knife for himself, and circumcised the children of Israel the second time at the Hill of the Uncircumcised.

And the commander of the LORDS host said to Joshua, Take your shoes from off your feet; for the place whereon you stand is holy. And Joshua did so.

So the ark of the LORD made a circuit of the city, going about it once; and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.

And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned to the camp; so they did for six days.

So the people shouted and the priests blew the trumpets; and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpets, they shouted with a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.

So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame spread throughout all the land.

So there went up about three thousand men; and they fled before the men of Ai.

So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought forward Israel by tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken;

So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to his tent, and, behold, it was hidden in his tent, and the silver under it.

And they raised over him a great heap of stones which remain to this day. So the LORD turned from his fierce anger. Therefore the name of that place is called the Valley of Achar, to this day.

So Joshua arose, and all the men of war, to go up against Ai; and Joshua chose three thousand mighty men of valor, and sent them away by night.

So Joshua sent them forth; and they went to the place of ambush, and lay between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of Ai; but Joshua spent that night among the people.

And when the king of Ai saw it, he hastened, and the men of the city rose up, and went out against Israel to battle; so all the people of Ai were in the plain; and they did not know that there was an ambush against them from behind the city.

And the others went out of the city to meet them; so the men of Ai were caught 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.

And so it was, that twelve thousand men and women, all the inhabitants of Ai, fell that day.