Joshua 8:2

New Living Translation

You will destroy them as you destroyed Jericho and its king. But this time you may keep the plunder and the livestock for yourselves. Set an ambush behind the town.”

Cross References

2 Chronicles 13:13

Meanwhile, Jeroboam had secretly sent part of his army around behind the men of Judah to ambush them.

2 Chronicles 20:22

At the very moment they began to sing and give praise, the Lord caused the armies of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir to start fighting among themselves.

Psalm 39:6

We are merely moving shadows, and all our busy rushing ends in nothing. We heap up wealth, not knowing who will spend it.

Proverbs 13:22

Good people leave an inheritance to their grandchildren, but the sinner’s wealth passes to the godly.

Proverbs 28:20

The trustworthy person will get a rich reward, but a person who wants quick riches will get into trouble.

Jeremiah 17:11

Like a partridge that hatches eggs she has not laid, so are those who get their wealth by unjust means. At midlife they will lose their riches; in the end, they will become poor old fools.

Jeremiah 51:12

Raise the battle flag against Babylon! Reinforce the guard and station the watchmen. Prepare an ambush, for the Lord will fulfill all his plans against Babylon.

Deuteronomy 2:35

We took all the livestock as plunder for ourselves, along with anything of value from the towns we ransacked.

Deuteronomy 20:14

But you may keep for yourselves all the women, children, livestock, and other plunder. You may enjoy the plunder from your enemies that the Lord your God has given you.

Deuteronomy 3:2

But the Lord told me, ‘Do not be afraid of him, for I have given you victory over Og and his entire army, and I will give you all his land. Treat him just as you treated King Sihon of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon.’

Joshua 10:1

Adoni-zedek, king of Jerusalem, heard that Joshua had captured and completely destroyed Ai and killed its king, just as he had destroyed the town of Jericho and killed its king. He also learned that the Gibeonites had made peace with Israel and were now their allies.

Joshua 10:28

That same day Joshua captured and destroyed the town of Makkedah. He killed everyone in it, including the king, leaving no survivors. He destroyed them all, and he killed the king of Makkedah as he had killed the king of Jericho.

Joshua 11:14

And the Israelites took all the plunder and livestock of the ravaged towns for themselves. But they killed all the people, leaving no survivors.

Joshua 6:21

They completely destroyed everything in it with their swords—men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep, goats, and donkeys.

Joshua 8:12

That night Joshua sent about 5,000 men to lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the town.

Joshua 8:14

When the king of Ai saw the Israelites across the valley, he and all his army hurried out early in the morning and attacked the Israelites at a place overlooking the Jordan Valley. But he didn’t realize there was an ambush behind the town.

Joshua 8:19

As soon as Joshua gave this signal, all the men in ambush jumped up from their position and poured into the town. They quickly captured it and set it on fire.

Joshua 8:24

When the Israelite army finished chasing and killing all the men of Ai in the open fields, they went back and finished off everyone inside.

Joshua 8:3

So Joshua and all the fighting men set out to attack Ai. Joshua chose 30,000 of his best warriors and sent them out at night

Joshua 8:7

you will jump up from your ambush and take possession of the town, for the Lord your God will give it to you.

Joshua 8:8

Set the town on fire, as the Lord has commanded. You have your orders.”

Joshua 8:9

So they left and went to the place of ambush between Bethel and the west side of Ai. But Joshua remained among the people in the camp that night.

Joshua 9:3

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