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BrLXXΠλὴν τῶν σκύλων τῶν ἐν τῇ πόλει πάντα, ἃ ἐπρονόμευσαν ἑαυτοῖς οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραήλ κατὰ πρόσταγμα Κυρίου, ὃν τρόπον συνέταξε Κύριος τῷ Ἰησοῖ. (Plaʸn tōn skulōn tōn en taʸ polei panta, ha epronomeusan heautois hoi huioi Israaʸl kata prostagma Kuriou, hon tropon sunetaxe Kurios tōi Yaʸsoi. )
BrTrBeside the spoils that were in the city, all things which the children of Israel took as spoil for themselves according to the command of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Joshua.
ULTIsrael plundered for themselves only the livestock and the spoil of that city, according to the word of Yahweh which he had commanded Joshua.
USTThe Israelite soldiers took for themselves the animals and the other things that had belonged to the people of Ai, just as Yahweh had told Joshua that they should do.
BSBIsrael took for themselves only the cattle and plunder of that city, as the LORD had commanded Joshua.
NETBut Israel did plunder the cattle and the goods of the city, in accordance with the Lord’s orders to Joshua.
LSVonly the livestock and the spoil of that city has Israel spoiled for themselves, according to the word of YHWH which He commanded Joshua.
FBVOnly the livestock and plunder were taken from the town by the Israelites, as the Lord had instructed Joshua.
T4TThe Israeli soldiers took for themselves the animals and the other things that had belonged to the people of Ai, just like Yahweh had told Joshua that they should do.
LEBOnly the livestock and the spoil of that city Israel took as booty for themselves, according to the word of Yahweh that Joshua commanded.
BBEBut the cattle and the goods from that town, Israel took for themselves, as the Lord had given orders to Joshua.
MoffIn the morning the townsmen rose and marched out to fight Israel. They beat Joshua and all Israel, who fled in the direction of the desert; 16 all the townsmen of Ai were called out to pursue them, and in their pursuit of Joshua they left the town unguarded. Then said the Eternal to Joshua, “Stretch out the javelin in your hand towards Ai, for I put Ai in your power.” And as soon as Joshua stretched out the javelin 19 towards the town, the men in ambush rushed into the town and captured it, while the Israelites who were flying towards the desert turned upon their pursuers, seeing that the men in ambush had captured the town. When the Israelites and Joshua had finished slaughtering the townsmen of Ai who had run into the desert and when they had cut them down, giving no quarter, all Israel then returned to Ai and sacked it. All the folk of Ai fell that day, both men and women, twelve thousand in all; Joshua never withdrew the hand that held his javelin until he had massacred all the folk of Ai. Only the Israelites took the spoils and cattle of the town for themselves, as the Eternal had given orders to Joshua. Ai itself Joshua burned, and made it a heap of ruins; to this day it lies desolate. When the king of Ai saw this, he and his men made an early start; not knowing that an ambush had been laid behind the town they allowed themselves to be drawn away from the town, till not a man was left in Ai who did not go out after Israel. The men in ambush then came out quickly and hurried to set the town on fire, so that when the men of Ai turned round to look, there was smoke rising from the town! They had no chance to flee this way or that, for the pursued turned upon the pursuers when they saw the smoke rising from the town, and the men in ambush rushed from the town to join them, so that the men of Ai were caught between Israelites, some on one side and some on the other; they were slaughtered till not a soul escaped or remained alive. The king of Ai was taken alive and brought to Joshua, who hung him on a tree till evening; at sunset Joshua ordered his body to be taken down from the tree and thrown down at the entrance to the town-gate. They raised a cairn of stones over it, which is there to this day.
JPSOnly 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.
ASVOnly the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for prey unto themselves, according unto the word of Jehovah which he commanded Joshua.
DRAAnd the children of Israel divided among them the cattle and the prey of the city, as the Lord had commanded Josue.
YLTonly, the cattle and the spoil of that city have Israel spoiled for themselves, according to the word of Jehovah which He commanded Joshua.
DrbyOnly, the cattle and the spoil of the city Israel took as prey to themselves, according to the word of Jehovah which he had commanded Joshua.
RVOnly 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.
WbstrOnly the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey to themselves, according to the word of the LORD which he commanded Joshua.
KJB-1769Only 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.
KJB-1611[fn][fn]Onely the cattell, and the spoile of that city Israel tooke for a pray vnto themselues, according vnto the word of the LORD, which he commaunded Ioshua. (Onely the cattle, and the spoil of that city Israel took for a pray unto themselves, according unto the word of the LORD, which he commanded Yoshua.)
BshpsOnely the cattell and the spoile of the citie, Israel toke vnto them selues, according vnto the word of the Lorde, whiche he commaunded Iosuah. (Onely the cattle and the spoil of the city, Israel took unto themselves, according unto the word of the Lord, which he commanded Yoshua.)
GnvaOnely the cattell and the spoyle of this citie, Israel tooke for a praye vnto themselues, according vnto the worde of the Lord, which hee commanded Ioshua. (Onely the cattle and the spoil of this city, Israel took for a pray unto themselves, according unto the word of the Lord, which he commanded Yoshua. )
Cvdlsauynge the catell and the spoyle of ye cite, dyd Israel parte amonge them selues, acordinge vnto the worde of the LORDE, which he comaunded Iosua. (sauynge the cattle and the spoil of ye/you_all city, did Israel part among themselves, according unto the word of the LORD, which he commanded Yoshua.)
WyclForsothe the sones of Israel departiden to hem silf the werk beestis, and the preye of the citee, as the Lord comaundide to Josue; (Forsothe the sons of Israel departedn to them self the work beasts/animals, and the pray of the city, as the Lord commanded to Yosue;)
LuthOhne das Vieh und den Raub der Stadt teilete Israel aus unter sich nach dem Wort des HErr’s, das er Josua geboten hatte. (Ohne the Vieh and the plunder the/of_the city teilete Israel out_of under itself/yourself/themselves after to_him Wort the LORD’s, the he Yosua offered had.)
ClVgJumenta autem et prædam civitatis diviserunt sibi filii Israël, sicut præceperat Dominus Josue. (Yumenta however and prædam of_the_city diviserunt sibi children Israel, like had_ordered Master Yosue. )
only (Some words not found in UHB: only the=cattle/livestock and,spoil the=city the,that took_as_~_booty to/for=them Yisrael according_to,word YHWH which/who commanded DOM Yəhōshūˊa/(Joshua) )
Here, the word However is introducing a contrast. What follows the word However is in contrast to what the Israelites did to the inhabitants of Ai in the previous verse. Use a natural form in your language for introducing a contrast. Alternate translation: “By contrast, Israel did plunder for themselves the livestock and the spoil of that city”
(Some words not found in UHB: only the=cattle/livestock and,spoil the=city the,that took_as_~_booty to/for=them Yisrael according_to,word YHWH which/who commanded DOM Yəhōshūˊa/(Joshua) )
The author is using the term word to represent what Yahweh commanded by using words. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “according to the commandment of Yahweh”
[Author’s note: This map and article assume that Ai was located at Khirbet al-Maqatir and Bethel was located at al-Bira. It is beyond the scope of this article to present all the convincing reasons for these assumptions, but they are well summarized in the following articles: “Traditional Site of Bethel Questioned,”“Location of Biblical Bethel and Ai Reconsidered,” and “The Khirbet el-Maqatir Excavations.” The expected locations for Roman mile markers are also included on this map, which confirm that al-Bira is located precisely at the twelfth mile marker from Jerusalem, as Eusebius and Jerome both asserted. All other maps in this Atlas have been recently updated to use these same locations for Ai and Bethel.
Soon after the Israelites entered the Promised Land and captured the city of Jericho, they sent a force of only three thousand men to capture the much smaller fortified town of Ai (Joshua 7). They suffered defeat, however, and the Lord revealed to them that this happened because a man named Achan had taken some of the devoted items from Jericho. So Joshua took Achan and his family to the Valley of Achor and executed them there (see Israel Enters the Promised Land map). Later the Lord told Joshua to attack Ai again, because this time he was going to give them the town. It appears that Ai, which had a direct line of sight to the more powerful city of Jerusalem to the south, must have served as a sort of early warning outpost for the larger city. Thus, capturing Ai was critical to staging an effective battle campaign throughout southern Canaan. So Joshua advanced with thirty thousand troops during the night and camped north of the city, and he positioned a force of five thousand men in ambush between Bethel and Ai, just to the west of Ai. The men in ambush were also just east of the mountain where Abraham had pitched his tent centuries earlier (Genesis 12:8). Joshua himself spent the night in the valley between Ai and the main Israelite camp. Early the next morning, the king of Ai led all the inhabitants of the town in an attack on the main camp of the Israelites, who feigned retreat into the wilderness. After the Israelite army had drawn the people of Ai away from the town, the Israelites hiding in ambush rose up and captured Ai. They set the town on fire, sending a signal to the the main army of Israelites to turn back upon the forces of Ai. The Israelites completely destroyed the people of Ai and reduced the town to a burning heap of ruins.
