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Joshua 7:2

Good News Translation

Joshua sent some men from Jericho to Ai, a city east of Bethel, near Bethaven, with orders to go and explore the land. When they had done so,

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After that, he moved on south to the hill country east of the city of Bethel and set up his camp between Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There also he built an altar and worshiped the Lord.

He named the place Bethel. (The town there was once known as Luz.)

He placed one of the gold bull-calves in Bethel and the other in Dan.

The people of the tribe of Benjamin lived in Geba, Michmash, Ai, Bethel and the nearby villages,

Get good advice and you will succeed; don't go charging into battle without a plan.

After all, you must make careful plans before you fight a battle, and the more good advice you get, the more likely you are to win.

The enemy army has captured the city of Ai! They have passed through Migron! They left their supplies at Michmash!

People of Heshbon, cry out! Ai is destroyed! Women of Rabbah, go into mourning! Put on sackcloth and mourn. Run about in confusion. Your god Molech will be taken into exile, together with his priests and princes.

“Even though you people of Israel are unfaithful to me, may Judah not be guilty of the same thing. Don't worship at Gilgal or Bethaven, or make promises there in the name of the living Lord.

“Listen! I am sending you out just like sheep to a pack of wolves. You must be as cautious as snakes and as gentle as doves.

So be careful how you live. Don't live like ignorant people, but like wise people.

The people of Israel defeated the kings of the following cities: Jericho, Ai (near Bethel),

On the north their border began at the Jordan and then went up the slope north of Jericho and westward through the hill country as far as the desert of Bethaven.

Then Joshua sent two spies from the camp at Acacia with orders to go and secretly explore the land of Canaan, especially the city of Jericho. When they came to the city, they went to spend the night in the house of a prostitute named Rahab.

they reported back to Joshua: “There is no need for everyone to attack Ai. Send only about two or three thousand men. Don't send the whole army up there to fight; it is not a large city.”

The Philistines assembled to fight the Israelites; they had thirty thousand war chariots, six thousand cavalry troops, and as many soldiers as there are grains of sand on the seashore. They went to Michmash, east of Bethaven, and camped there.

fighting all the way beyond Bethaven. The Lord saved Israel that day.

He sent it to the people in Bethel, to the people in Ramah in the southern part of Judah, and to the people in the towns of Jattir,




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