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OET (OET-LV) And_do to_THE and_to_its just_as you(ms)_have_done/made to/for and_to_its only mmm and wwww to/for_you_all wwww to/for_yourself(m) wwww to/for from.
OET (OET-RV) You’ll do to Ay and its king what you did to Yericho and its king,[fn] except that you all can plunder its spoil and its livestock for yourselves. Ambush the city from behind.”
8:2 We’re not actually given any details about what happened to the king of Yericho.
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-exceptions
וְעָשִׂ֨יתָ לָעַ֜י וּלְמַלְכָּ֗הּ כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר עָשִׂ֤יתָ לִֽירִיחוֹ֙ וּלְמַלְכָּ֔הּ רַק־שְׁלָלָ֥הּ וּבְהֶמְתָּ֖הּ תָּבֹ֣זּוּ לָכֶ֑ם
(Some words not found in UHB: and,do to_THE, and,to,,its just=as you(ms)_have_done/made to/for, and,to,,its only שְׁלָלָ,הּ and,, תָּבֹזּוּ to/for=you_all שִׂים to/for=yourself(m) אֹרֵב to/for, from,, )
If it would appear in your language that Yahweh was making a statement here and then contradicting it, you could reverse the order of the clauses so that the exception is stated first and the thing that God required the Israelites to do is stated second. Alternate translation: “Now you may plunder the spoil of Ai and its livestock for yourselves, but otherwise you must do to Ai and its king just as you did to Jericho and its king”
8:2 Unlike other ancient nations, who went to war to gain wealth, Israel served as God’s agent of judgment upon the Canaanites; the plunder and the livestock were incidental.
• The strategy for capturing Ai was to plan an ambush. Joshua executed God’s simple instructions well.
• behind the town: On its west side (8:12).
OET (OET-LV) And_do to_THE and_to_its just_as you(ms)_have_done/made to/for and_to_its only mmm and wwww to/for_you_all wwww to/for_yourself(m) wwww to/for from.
OET (OET-RV) You’ll do to Ay and its king what you did to Yericho and its king,[fn] except that you all can plunder its spoil and its livestock for yourselves. Ambush the city from behind.”
8:2 We’re not actually given any details about what happened to the king of Yericho.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.