Joshua 8:2

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You will do to Ai and its king what you did to Jericho and its king. However, this time you may keep for yourselves the plunder and the livestock. Set up an ambush behind the town.”

Cross References

Deuteronomy 20:14

But you can take as plunder the women, children, livestock, and everything else in the town. You can take and use all your enemies' possessions the Lord your God gives you.

Proverbs 13:22

Good people leave an inheritance to their grandchildren, but the sinner's wealth is saved for those who live right.

2 Chronicles 20:22

As soon as they started singing and praising, the Lord ambushed the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir who were coming to attack Judah, and they were defeated.

Joshua 6:21

They destroyed everything in the city: men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep, and donkeys, all were killed by the sword.

Jeremiah 51:12

Raise the signal flag to attack the walls of Babylon; strengthen the guard; have the watchmen take their places; get the ambush ready. The Lord planned and carried out his threats against the people of Babylon.

Jeremiah 17:11

Like a partridge hatching eggs it didn't lay is someone who makes a fortune by cheating others. Their riches will fly away at midday, and in the end they'll look like a fool.

Proverbs 28:20

If you're trustworthy, you'll be richly rewarded; but if you try to get rich quick, you won't go unpunished.

Psalm 39:6

Human beings are just shadows walking around. They pointlessly rush through life, trying to pile up possessions without knowing who will get them.

2 Chronicles 13:13

But Jeroboam had sent troops around to attack from the rear, so that while he and the main force was in front of Judah, the ambush was behind them.

Joshua 10:28

That day Joshua captured Makkedah, killing all its inhabitants, including the king. He set it apart and completely destroyed it and everyone in it, leaving no survivors. He killed the king of Makkedah just as he had killed the king of Jericho.

Joshua 10:1

Adoni-zedek, king of Jerusalem, learned that Joshua had captured Ai and destroyed the town completely, as he had also done to Jericho, and had killed its king, just as he had the king of Jericho. He also heard that the Gibeonites had made peace with the Israelites and were allied with them.

Joshua 8:24

When the Israelites had finished killing the men of Ai who had chased them towards the wilderness—once they had all been cut down by the sword—the whole Israelite army returned to the town and killed everyone living there.

Joshua 8:19

As soon as they saw this signal the men lying in ambush got up and rushed into the town. They captured it, and quickly set it on fire.

Joshua 8:14

As soon as the king of Ai saw the situation, he and all his men rushed out early in the morning to attack the Israelites where they had before, at a place overlooking the Jordan valley. He didn't know about the ambush waiting on the other side of the town.

Joshua 8:12

He took about five thousand men and had them lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the town.

Joshua 8:9

Joshua sent them out, and they went to lie in ambush between Bethel and the west side of Ai. But that night Joshua stayed with the people in the camp.

Joshua 8:7

While we're running away from them, you will get up from your ambush positions and take the town, for the Lord God will hand it over to you.

Deuteronomy 3:2

But the Lord told me, “Don't be afraid of him, for I have handed him over to you, together with all his people and his land. Deal with him as you did with Sihon, king of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon.”

Joshua 8:3

So Joshua and all the people got ready to attack Ai. He chose thirty thousand of his best fighting men and sent them out at night.

Joshua 8:8

Once you've captured the town, set it on fire, as the Lord has instructed. Now follow your orders.”

Deuteronomy 2:35

All we took for ourselves was the livestock and plunder from the towns we'd captured.

Joshua 9:3

But when the people of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,

Joshua 11:14

The Israelites did take for themselves all the plunder and livestock from these towns. But they killed all the inhabitants, destroying them all so none were left alive.