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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.”

29 He impaled the body of the king of Ai on a pole and left it there until evening. At sunset,(A) Joshua ordered them to take the body from the pole and throw it down at the entrance of the city gate. And they raised a large pile of rocks(B) over it, which remains to this day.

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