Joshua 8:28

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Joshua 8:28

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Berean Standard Bible

So Joshua burned Ai and made it a permanent heap of ruins, a desolation to this day.

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KJV

King James Version

And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, [even] a desolation unto this day.

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WEB

World English Bible

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

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ASV

American Standard Version

So Joshua burnt Ai, and made it a heap for ever, even a desolation, unto this day.

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Joshua 8

²⁶ Joshua did not draw back the hand that held his battle lance until he had devoted to destruction all who lived in Ai.

²⁷ Israel took for themselves only the cattle and plunder of that city, as the LORD had commanded Joshua.

²⁸ So Joshua burned Ai and made it a permanent heap of ruins, a desolation to this day.

²⁹ He hung the king of Ai on a tree until evening, and at sunset Joshua commanded that they take down the body from the tree and throw it down at the entrance of the city gate. And over it they raised a large pile of rocks, which remains to this day.

³⁰ At that time Joshua built an altar on Mount Ebal to the LORD, the God of Israel,

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