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Joshua 8:8-10
New English Translation
Joshua 8:8-10
New English Translation
8 When you capture the city, set it[a] on fire in keeping with the Lord’s message. See, I have given you orders.”[b] 9 Joshua sent them away and they went to their hiding place[c] west of Ai, between Bethel and Ai.[d] Joshua spent that night with the army.[e]
10 Bright and early the next morning Joshua gathered[f] the army,[g] and he and the leaders[h] of Israel marched[i] at the head of it[j] to Ai.
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- Joshua 8:8 tn Heb “the city.”
- Joshua 8:8 tn Heb “I have commanded you.”
- Joshua 8:9 tn Or “the place of ambush.”
- Joshua 8:9 tn Heb “and they stayed between Bethel and Ai, west of Ai.”
- Joshua 8:9 tn Heb “in the midst of the people.”
- Joshua 8:10 tn Or “summoned, mustered.”
- Joshua 8:10 tn Heb “the people.”
- Joshua 8:10 tn Or “elders.”
- Joshua 8:10 tn Heb “went up.”
- Joshua 8:10 tn Heb “them” (referring to “the people” in the previous clause, which requires a plural pronoun). Since the translation used “army” in the previous clause, a singular pronoun (“it”) is required in English.
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