Joshua 8:2 - Good News Translation (US Version)

² You are to do to Ai and its king what you did to Jericho and its king, but this time you may keep its goods and livestock for yourselves. Prepare to attack the city by surprise from the rear.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² and thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² And you shall do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king, except that its spoil and its cattle [this time] you shall take as booty for yourselves. Lay an ambush against the city behind it.

American Standard Version (1901)

² and thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: set thee an ambush for the city behind it.

Common English Bible

² Do to Ai and its king what you did to Jericho and its king. But you may take its booty and cattle as plunder. Set your ambush behind the city.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

² And you shall do to the city of Ai, and to its king, just as you did to Jericho, and to its king. Yet truly, the spoils, and all the living things, you shall plunder for yourselves. Set an ambush against the city behind it."

Joshua 8:2 Tagairtí Cros

2 Chronicles 13:13

Meanwhile Jeroboam had sent some of his troops to ambush the Judean army from the rear, while the rest faced them from the front.

2 Chronicles 20:22

When they began to sing, the Lord threw the invading armies into a panic.

Psalm 39:6

no more than a shadow. All we do is for nothing; we gather wealth, but don't know who will get it.

Proverbs 13:22

Good people will have wealth to leave to their grandchildren, but the wealth of sinners will go to the righteous.

Proverbs 28:20

Honest people will lead a full, happy life. But if you are in a hurry to get rich, you are going to be punished.

Jeremiah 17:11

The person who gets money dishonestly is like a bird that hatches eggs it didn't lay. In the prime of life he will lose his riches, and in the end he is nothing but a fool.

Jeremiah 51:12

Give the signal to attack Babylon's walls. Strengthen the guard! Post the sentries! Place troops in ambush!” The Lord has done what he said he would do to the people of Babylonia.

Deuteronomy 2:35

We took the livestock and plundered the towns.

Deuteronomy 20:14

You may, however, take for yourselves the women, the children, the livestock, and everything else in the city. You may use everything that belongs to your enemies. The Lord has given it to you.

Deuteronomy 3:2

But the Lord said to me, ‘Don't be afraid of him. I am going to give him, his men, and all his territory to you. Do the same thing to him that you did to Sihon the Amorite king who ruled in Heshbon.’

Joshua 10:1

Adonizedek, the king of Jerusalem, heard that Joshua had captured and totally destroyed Ai and had killed its king, just as he had done to Jericho and its king. He also heard that the people of Gibeon had made peace with the Israelites and were living among them.

Joshua 10:28

Joshua attacked and captured Makkedah and its king that day. He put everyone in the city to death; no one was left alive. He did to the king of Makkedah what he had done to the king of Jericho.

Joshua 11:14

The people of Israel took all the valuables and livestock from these cities and kept them for themselves. But they put every person to death; no one was left alive.

Joshua 6:21

With their swords they killed everyone in the city, men and women, young and old. They also killed the cattle, sheep, and donkeys.

Joshua 8:12

He took about five thousand men and put them in hiding west of the city, between Ai and Bethel.

Joshua 8:14

When the king of Ai saw Joshua's men, he acted quickly. He and all his men went out toward the Jordan Valley to fight the Israelites at the same place as before, not knowing that he was about to be attacked from the rear.

Joshua 8:19

and as soon as he lifted his hand, the men who had been hiding got up quickly, ran into the city and captured it. They immediately set the city on fire.

Joshua 8:24

The Israelites killed every one of the enemy in the barren country where they had chased them. Then they went back to Ai and killed everyone there.

Joshua 8:3

So Joshua got ready to go to Ai with all his soldiers. He picked out thirty thousand of his best troops and sent them out at night

Joshua 8:7

Then you will come out of hiding and capture the city. The Lord your God will give it to you.

Joshua 8:8

After you have taken the city, set it on fire, just as the Lord has commanded. These are your orders.”

Joshua 8:9

So Joshua sent them out, and they went to their hiding place and waited there, west of Ai, between Ai and Bethel. Joshua spent the night in camp.

Joshua 9:3

But the people of Gibeon, who were Hivites, heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,