Joshua 8:8

Modern English Version

When you have seized the city, set it on fire. Act according to the word of the Lord. See, I have commanded you.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 13:28

Now, Absalom had commanded his servant, “Look for Amnon to become carefree on account of the wine. Then I will say to you, ‘Strike Amnon, and kill him.’ Do not be afraid, for am not I myself commanding you? Be strong and brave.”

Deuteronomy 20:16

But of the cities of these people, which the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance, you must not leave alive anything that breathes.

Joshua 1:16

They answered Joshua, “All that you command us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.

Joshua 1:9

Have not I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

Joshua 6:24

They burned the city and everything in it with fire. Only the silver, the gold, the bronze and iron articles they gave to the treasury of the house of the Lord.

Joshua 8:13

So they stationed the people, all the army that was on the north of the city, and its rear guard on the west of the city, and Joshua spent that night in the midst of the valley.

Joshua 8:2

Do to Ai and its king what you did to Jericho and its king, except you may plunder its spoils and its livestock. Now set an ambush for the city behind it.”

Joshua 8:22

Then the men in the city came out to engage them in battle, so they were now in the middle, with Israel on each side. Israel struck them down until neither survivors nor escapees were left.

Joshua 8:28

Joshua burned Ai and made it a heap forever, a desolation to this day.

Joshua 8:7

Then you shall rise up for the ambush and take possession of the city. The Lord your God will give it into your hands.

Joshua 8:9

So Joshua sent them out. They went to the place of ambush and took up a position between Bethel and Ai, westward of Ai, and Joshua spent the night among the people.

Judges 4:6

She sent for Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, “The Lord God of Israel commands you, ‘Go and deploy troops at Mount Tabor, and take ten thousand men from the tribes of Naphtali and Zebulun with you.