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29 He hung the king of Ai on a tree, leaving him exposed until evening.[a] At sunset Joshua ordered that his corpse be taken down from the tree.[b] They threw it down at the entrance of the city gate and erected over it a large pile of stones (it remains to this very day).[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 8:29 tn Heb “on a tree until evening.” The words “leaving him exposed” are supplied in the translation for clarity.
  2. Joshua 8:29 sn For the legal background of this action, see Deut 21:22-23.
  3. Joshua 8:29 tn Heb “to this day.”