Joshua 8:8 - Easy To Read Version

⁸ “You must do what the Lord says. Watch me and I will give you the command to attack the city. Take control of the city, and then burn it.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ And 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ When you have taken the city, you shall set it afire; as the Lord commanded, you shall do. See, I have commanded you.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ And 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.

Common English Bible

⁸ As soon as you seize the city, set it on fire. Act according to the LORD’s word. Indeed, I have given you an order!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ And when you have seized it, set it on fire. And you shall do all that I have ordered."

Joshua 8:8 Cross References

2 Samuel 13:28

Then Absalom gave this command to his servants, “Watch Amnon. When he is drunk and feeling good from the wine, I will give you the command. You must attack Amnon and kill him. Don’t be afraid of being punished. After all, you will only be obeying my command. Now, be strong and brave.”

Joshua 1:16

Then the people answered Joshua, “We will do whatever you command us to do! We will go wherever you tell us to go!

Joshua 1:9

Remember, I commanded you to be strong and brave. So don’t be scared, because the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”

Judges 4:6

Deborah sent a message to a man named Barak. She asked him to come to meet with her. Barak was the son of a man named Abinoam. Barak lived in the city of Kedesh, which is in the area of Naphtali. Deborah said to Barak, “The Lord God of Israel commands you: ‘Go and gather 10,000 men from the family groups of Naphtali and Zebulun. Lead those men to Mount Tabor.

Joshua 8:28

Then Joshua burned the city of Ai. [41] That city became an empty pile of rocks. It is still like that today.

Joshua 6:24

Then the people of Israel burned the whole city. They burned everything in the city except the things made from silver, gold, bronze, and iron. They put those things in the Lord’s treasury.

Deuteronomy 20:16

“But when you take cities in the land that the Lord your God is giving you, you must kill everyone.

Joshua 8:2

You will do to Ai and its king the same thing you did to Jericho and its king. Only this time you can take all the wealth and animals and keep it for yourselves. You will share the wealth with your people. Now, tell some of your soldiers to hide behind the city.”

Joshua 8:7

Then you should come out of your hiding place and take control of the city. The Lord your God will give you the power to win.

Joshua 8:9

Then Joshua sent those men to their hiding place and waited. They went to a place between Bethel and Ai. This was to the west of Ai. And Joshua stayed the night with his people.

Joshua 8:22

Then the men that had hid themselves came out of the city to help with the fight. The army of Israel was on both sides of the men of Ai—the men of Ai were trapped. Israel defeated them. They fought until none of the men from Ai were left alive—none of the enemy escaped.

Joshua 8:13

So Joshua had prepared his men for the fight. The main camp was north of the city. The other men were hiding to the west. That night Joshua went down into the valley.