Now Absalom commanded his young men, ‘Watch Amnon until he is in a good mood from the wine. When I order you to strike Amnon, then kill him. Don’t be afraid. Am I not the one who has commanded you? Be strong and valiant! ’
Joshua 8:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised After taking the city, set it on fire. Follow the Lord’s command #– #see that you do as I have ordered you.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And it shall be, when ye have taken the city, that ye shall set the city on fire: according to the commandment of the LORD shall ye do. See, I have commanded you. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When you have taken the city, you shall set it afire; as the Lord commanded, you shall do. See, I have commanded you. American Standard Version (1901) And it shall be, when ye have seized upon the city, that ye shall set the city on fire; according to the word of Jehovah shall ye do: see, I have commanded you. Common English Bible As soon as you seize the city, set it on fire. Act according to the LORD’s word. Indeed, I have given you an order!” Catholic Public Domain Version And when you have seized it, set it on fire. And you shall do all that I have ordered." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when you shall have taken it, set it on fire: and you shall do all things so as I have commanded. |
Now Absalom commanded his young men, ‘Watch Amnon until he is in a good mood from the wine. When I order you to strike Amnon, then kill him. Don’t be afraid. Am I not the one who has commanded you? Be strong and valiant! ’
However, you must not let any living thing survive among the cities of these people the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.
They answered Joshua, ‘Everything you have commanded us we will do, and everywhere you send us we will go.
Haven’t I commanded you: be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.’
They burned the city and everything in it, but they put the silver and gold and the articles of bronze and iron into the treasury of the Lord’s house.
The troops were stationed in this way: the main camp to the north of the city and its rear guard to the west of the city. And that night Joshua went into the valley.
Treat Ai and its king as you did Jericho and its king, except that you may plunder its spoil and livestock for yourselves. Set an ambush behind the city.’
Then men in ambush came out of the city against them, and the men of Ai were trapped between the Israelite forces, some on one side and some on the other. They struck them down until no survivor or fugitive remained,
you are to come out of your ambush and seize the city. The Lord your God will hand it over to you.
So Joshua sent them out, and they went to the ambush site and waited between Bethel and Ai, to the west of Ai. But he spent that night with the troops.
She summoned Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, ‘Hasn’t the Lord, the God of Israel, commanded you, “Go, deploy the troops on Mount Tabor, and take with you ten thousand men from the Naphtalites and Zebulunites?