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For Yahweh your God dried up the waters of the Jordan from before you, until you had passed over, as Yahweh your God did to the Red Sea, which he dried up from before us, until we had passed over;

At that time Yahweh said to Joshua, Make for yourself knives of flint, and circumcise again the sons of Israel the second time.

And Joshua made for himself knives of flint, and circumcised the sons of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.

For all the people that came out were circumcised; but all the people that were born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out of Egypt, they had not circumcised.

For the sons of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, until all the nation, even the men of war that came forth out of Egypt, was consumed, because they didn't listen to the voice of Yahweh: to whom Yahweh swore that he would not let them see the land which Yahweh swore to their fathers that he would give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

And their sons, whom he raised up in their stead, Joshua circumcised them: for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them by the way.

And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and saw that there stood a man across from him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went to him, and said to him, Are you for us, or for our adversaries?

And the prince of Yahweh's host said to Joshua, Put off your shoe from off your foot; for the place whereon you stand is holy. And Joshua did so.

And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, Shout; for Yahweh has given you the city.

But as for you, only keep yourselves from the devoted thing, or else you will covet and take of the devoted thing; so you would make the camp of Israel accursed, and trouble it.

But the sons of Israel committed a trespass in the devoted thing; for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the devoted thing: and the anger of Yahweh was kindled against the sons of Israel.

And they returned to Joshua, and said to him, Don't let all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; don't make all the people to toil there; for they are but few.

For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it, and will compass us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what will you do for your great name?

Get up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow: for this is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, There is a devoted thing in the midst of you, O Israel; you can not stand before your enemies, until you take away the devoted thing from among you.

And you shall do to Ai and her king as you did to Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, you shall take for a prey to yourselves: set yourself an ambush for the city behind it.

and they will come out after us, until we have drawn them away from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: so we will flee before them;

and you shall rise up from the ambush, and take possession of the city: for Yahweh your God will deliver it into your hand.

And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hurried and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, for the encounter toward the Arabah; but he didn't know that there was an ambush against him behind the city.

And Yahweh said to Joshua, Stretch out the javelin that is in your hand toward Ai; for I will give it into your hand. And Joshua stretched out the javelin that was in his hand toward the city.

For Joshua did not draw back his hand, with which he stretched out the javelin, until he had completely destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.