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BrLXXΚατὰ τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο ποιήσετε· ἰδοὺ ἐντέταλμαι ὑμῖν. (Kata to ɽaʸma touto poiaʸsete; idou entetalmai humin. )
BrTrYe shall do according to this word, lo! I have commanded you.
ULTAnd it will happen that when you capture the city, you will kindle the city with fire. You will do according to the word of Yahweh. See, I have commanded you.”
USTAfter you capture the city, burn it. Do what Yahweh has commanded us to do. Those are the orders I am giving to you.”
BSBAnd when you have taken the city, set it on fire. Do as the LORD has commanded! See, I have given you orders.”
WEBBEIt shall be, when you have seized the city, that you shall set the city on fire. You shall do this according to the LORD’s word. Behold, I have commanded you.”
NETWhen you capture the city, set it on fire. Do as the Lord says! See, I have given you orders.”
LSVand it has been, when you capture the city, you burn the city with fire, you do according to the word of YHWH, see, I have commanded you.”
FBVOnce you've captured the town, set it on fire, as the Lord has instructed. Now follow your orders.”
T4TAfter you capture the city, burn it. Do what Yahweh has commanded us to do. Those are the orders I am giving to you.”
LEBAnd when you capture the city you will set it on fire as Yahweh commanded. Look, I have commanded you.”
BBEAnd when you have taken the town, put fire to it, as the Lord has said: see, I have given you your orders.
MoffAs soon as you have seized the town, set it on fire, and carry out the Eternal’s command, These are my orders.”
JPSAnd it shall be, when ye have seized upon the city, that ye shall set the city on fire; according to the word of the LORD shall ye do; see, I have commanded you.'
ASVAnd it shall be, when ye have seized upon the city, that ye shall set the city on fire; according to the word of Jehovah shall ye do: see, I have commanded you.
DRAAnd when you shall have taken it, set it on fire, and you shall do all things so as I have commanded.
YLTand it hath been, when ye capture the city, ye burn the city with fire, according to the word of Jehovah ye do, see, I have commanded you.'
DrbyAnd it shall be when ye have taken the city, that ye shall set the city on fire; according to the word of Jehovah shall ye do. See, I have commanded you.
RVAnd it shall be, when ye have seized upon the city, that ye shall set the city on fire; according to the word of the LORD shall ye do: see, I have commanded you.
WbstrAnd 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.
KJB-1769And 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. (And it shall be, when ye/you_all have taken the city, that ye/you_all shall set the city on fire: according to the commandment of the LORD shall ye/you_all do. See, I have commanded you. )
KJB-1611And it shall be when yee haue taken the citie, that ye shall set the citie on fire: according to the commandement of the LORD shall ye do. See, I haue commanded you. (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)
BshpsAnd when ye haue taken the citie, ye shall set it on fire: Accordyng to the commaundement of the Lorde shall ye do. Behold, I haue charged you. (And when ye/you_all have taken the city, ye/you_all shall set it on fire: Accordyng to the commandment of the Lord shall ye/you_all do. Behold, I have charged you.)
GnvaAnd when ye haue taken the citie, ye shall set it on fire: according to the commandement of the Lord shall ye do: behold, I haue charged you. (And when ye/you_all have taken the city, ye/you_all shall set it on fire: according to the commandment of the Lord shall ye/you_all do: behold, I have charged you. )
CvdlBut whan ye haue wonne the cite, set fyre vpon it, doinge acordinge vnto the worde of the LORDE. Beholde, I haue commaunded you. (But when ye/you_all have won the city, set fire upon it, doinge according unto the word of the LORD. Behold, I have commanded you.)
WyclAnd whanne ye han take it, `brenne ye it; `so ye schulen do alle thingis, as Y comaundide. (And when ye/you_all have take it, `brenne ye/you_all it; `so ye/you_all should do all things, as I commanded.)
LuthWenn ihr aber die Stadt eingenommen habt, so stecket sie an mit Feuer und tut nach dem Wort des HErr’s. Siehe, ich hab‘s euch geboten. (When you/their/her but the city eingenommen have, so stecket they/she/them at with fire and tut after to_him Wort the LORD’s. See, I hab‘s you geboten.)
ClVgCumque ceperitis, succendite eam, et sic omnia facietis, ut jussi. (Cumque ceperitis, succendite eam, and so everything facietis, as yussi. )
8:1-13 The first attempt to conquer Ai had been done without consulting God; the second attempt would be made at God’s command and direction. Before the second attempt, God spoke to Joshua again and gave him a strategy. More importantly, in light of Israel’s recent disaster, God gave him encouragement and a promise.
(Some words not found in UHB: and=it_was when,taken,you_all DOM the=city set_~_onfire DOM the=city in/on/at/with,fire according_to,word YHWH do see commanded DOM,you_all )
Joshua is using the term word by association to represent what Yahweh has said by using words. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “according to what Yahweh has said”
see (Some words not found in UHB: and=it_was when,taken,you_all DOM the=city set_~_onfire DOM the=city in/on/at/with,fire according_to,word YHWH do see commanded DOM,you_all )
See how you translated the similar use of the word See in 6:2 and earlier in this chapter. Alternate translation: “Pay attention and be sure to do exactly as I have commanded you”
[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.
