Joshua 8:8

The Passion Translation

When you’ve captured the city, set it on fire. Now that you have your orders, go and do as Yahweh has commanded!”

Cross References

Joshua 1:16

They answered Joshua: “We will do everything you have told us and will go wherever you send us.

Joshua 1:9

I repeat, be strong and brave! Do not yield to fear nor be discouraged, for I am Yahweh your God, and I will be with you wherever you go!”

Judges 4:6

One day she sent for Barak son of Abinoam from the city of Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, commands you: ‘Go, deploy ten thousand men from the tribes of Naphtali and Zebulun, and march to Mount Tabor.

Joshua 8:28

Then Joshua burned Ai to the ground and reduced it to a mound of ruins for all time. It remains desolate to this day.

Joshua 6:24

Then they burned Jericho to the ground and all that was within it. Only the silver and gold, brass, and iron were placed into the treasury of Yahweh’s house.

Joshua 8:2

Do to Ai what you did to Jericho and its king, except this time, you may take the plunder, including livestock. Set an ambush behind the city.”

Joshua 8:7

jump up from your hiding place, race into Ai, and seize it. Yahweh, your God, will deliver the city into your hands!

Joshua 8:9

Joshua then sent them off, and they proceeded to take up a concealed position west of Ai, between Ai and Bethel, while Joshua spent the night with the rest of the troops.

Joshua 8:22

The men who had taken the city came out and joined the battle, so the Israelites had them surrounded. Israel cut them down, leaving neither survivors nor fugitives.

Joshua 8:13

The main fighting force north of the city prepared for battle, while the rear guard held a concealed position west of the city. Joshua spent the night in the valley.