Joshua · Literal Standard Version
Joshua 8 Literal Standard Version
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1 And YHWH says to Joshua, “Do not fear, nor be frightened, take with you all the people of war, and rise, go up to Ai; see, I have given into your hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land,
1 Y JEHOVÁ dijo á Josué: No temas, ni desmayes; toma contigo toda la gente de guerra, y levántate y sube á Hai. Mira, yo he entregado en tu mano al rey de Hai, y á su pueblo, á su ciudad, y á su tierra.
2 and you have done to Ai and to her king as you have done to Jericho and to her king; only spoil its spoil and its livestock for yourselves; for you set an ambush for the city at its rear.”
2 Y harás á Hai y á su rey como hiciste á Jericó y á su rey: sólo que sus despojos y sus bestias tomaréis para vosotros. Pondrás, pues, emboscadas á la ciudad detrás de ella.
3 And Joshua rises, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai, and Joshua chooses thirty thousand men, mighty men of valor, and sends them away by night,
3 Y levantóse Josué, y toda la gente de guerra, para subir contra Hai: y escogió Josué treinta mil hombres fuertes, los cuales envió de noche.
4 and commands them, saying, “See, you are ones lying in wait against the city, at the rear of the city, you do not go very far off from the city, and all of you have been prepared,
4 Y mandóles, diciendo: Mirad, pondréis emboscada á la ciudad detrás de ella: no os alejaréis mucho de la ciudad, y estaréis todos apercibidos.
5 and I and all the people who [are] with me draw near to the city, and it has come to pass, when they come out to meet us as at the first, and we have fled before them,
5 Y yo, y todo el pueblo que está conmigo, nos acercaremos á la ciudad; y cuando saldrán ellos contra nosotros, como hicieron antes, huiremos delante de ellos.
6 and they have come out after us until we have drawn them out of the city, for they say, They are fleeing before us as at the first, and we have fled before them,
6 Y ellos saldrán tras nosotros, hasta que los arranquemos de la ciudad; porque ellos dirán: Huyen de nosotros como la primera vez. Huiremos, pues, delante de ellos.
7 and you rise from the ambush, and have occupied the city, and your God YHWH has given it into your hand;
7 Entonces vosotros os levantaréis de la emboscada, y os echaréis sobre la ciudad; pues Jehová vuestro Dios la entregará en vuestras manos.
8 and it has been, when you capture the city, you burn the city with fire, you do according to the word of YHWH, see, I have commanded you.”
8 Y cuando la hubiereis tomado, le prenderéis fuego. Haréis conforme á la palabra de Jehová. Mirad que os lo he mandado.
9 And Joshua sends them away, and they go to the ambush, and abide between Bethel and Ai, on the west of Ai; and Joshua lodges on that night in the midst of the people.
9 Entonces Josué los envió; y ellos se fueron á la emboscada, y pusiéronse entre Beth-el y Hai, al occidente de Hai: y Josué se quedó aquella noche en medio del pueblo.
10 And Joshua rises early in the morning, and inspects the people, and goes up, he and [the] elderly of Israel, before the people to Ai;
10 Y levantándose Josué muy de mañana, revistó al pueblo, y subió él, con los ancianos de Israel, delante del pueblo contra Hai.
11 and all the people of war who [are] with him have gone up, and draw near and come in before the city, and encamp on the north of Ai; and the valley [is] between him and Ai.
11 Y toda la gente de guerra que con él estaba, subió, y acercóse, y llegaron delante de la ciudad, y asentaron el campo á la parte del norte de Hai: y el valle estaba entre él y Hai.
12 And he takes about five thousand men, and sets them [for] an ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west of the city;
12 Y tomó como cinco mil hombres, y púsolos en emboscada entre Beth-el y Hai, á la parte occidental de la ciudad.
13 and they set the people, all the camp which [is] on the north of the city, and its rear on the west of the city, and that night Joshua goes on into the midst of the valley.
13 Y el pueblo, todo el campo que estaba á la parte del norte de la ciudad, colocado ya cerca, y su emboscada al occidente de la ciudad, vínose Josué aquella noche al medio del valle.
14 And it comes to pass, when the king of Ai sees [it], that he hurries, and rises early, and the men of the city go out to meet Israel for battle, he and all his people, at the appointed time, at the front of the plain, and he has not known that an ambush [is] against him, on the rear of the city.
14 Lo cual como viese el rey de Hai, levantóse prestamente de mañana, y salió con la gente de la ciudad contra Israel, él y todo su pueblo, para combatir por el llano al tiempo señalado, no sabiendo que le estaba puesta emboscada á las espaldas de la ciudad.
15 And Joshua and all Israel [seem] struck before them, and flee the way of the wilderness,
15 Entonces Josué y todo Israel, haciéndose vencidos, huyeron delante de ellos por el camino del desierto.
16 and all the people who [are] in the city are called to pursue after them, and they pursue after Joshua, and are drawn away out of the city,
16 Y todo el pueblo que estaba en Hai se juntó para seguirlos: y siguieron á Josué, siendo así arrancados de la ciudad.
17 and there has not been a man left in Ai and Bethel who has not gone out after Israel, and they leave the city open, and pursue after Israel.
17 Y no quedó hombre en Hai y Beth-el, que no saliera tras de Israel; y por seguir á Israel dejaron la ciudad abierta.
18 And YHWH says to Joshua, “Stretch out with the javelin which [is] in your hand toward Ai, for I give it into your hand”; and Joshua stretches out with the javelin which [is] in his hand toward the city,
18 Entonces Jehová dijo á Josué: Levanta la lanza que tienes en tu mano hacia Hai, porque yo la entregaré en tu mano. Y Josué levantó hacia la ciudad la lanza que en su mano tenía.
19 and the ambush has risen [with] haste, out of its place, and they run at the stretching out of his hand, and go into the city, and capture it, and hurry, and burn the city with fire.
19 Y levantándose prestamente de su lugar los que estaban en la emboscada, corrieron luego que él alzó su mano, y vinieron á la ciudad, y la tomaron, y apresuráronse á prenderle fuego.
20 And the men of Ai look behind them, and see, and behold, the smoke of the city has gone up to the heavens, and there has not been power in them to flee here and there—and the people who are fleeing to the wilderness have turned against the pursuer—
20 Y como los de la ciudad miraron atrás, observaron, y he aquí el humo de la ciudad que subía al cielo, y no tuvieron arbitrio para huir ni á una parte ni á otra: y el pueblo que iba huyendo hacia el desierto, se volvió contra los que le seguían.
21 and Joshua and all Israel have seen that the ambush has captured the city, and that the smoke of the city has gone up, and they turn back and strike the men of Ai;
21 Josué y todo Israel, viendo que los de la emboscada habían tomado la ciudad, y que el humo de la ciudad subía, tornaron, é hirieron á los de Hai.
22 and these have come out from the city to meet them, and they are in the midst of Israel, some on this [side], and some on that [side], and they strike them until he has not left a remnant and escaped one to them;
22 Y los otros salieron de la ciudad á su encuentro: y así fueron encerrados en medio de Israel, los unos de la una parte, y los otros de la otra. Y los hirieron hasta que no quedó ninguno de ellos que escapase.
23 and they have caught the king of Ai alive, and bring him near to Joshua.
23 Y tomaron vivo al rey de Hai, y trajéronle á Josué.
24 And it comes to pass, at Israel’s finishing to slay all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness in which they pursued them (and all of them fall by the mouth of the sword until their consumption), that all of Israel turns back to Ai, and strikes it by the mouth of the sword;
24 Y cuando los Israelitas acabaron de matar á todos los moradores de Hai en el campo, en el desierto, donde ellos los habían perseguido, y que todos habían caído á filo de espada hasta ser consumidos, todos los Israelitas se tornaron á Hai, y también la pusieron á cuchillo.
25 and all who fall during the day, of men and of women, are twelve thousand—all men of Ai.
25 Y el número de los que cayeron aquel día, hombres y mujeres, fué doce mil, todos los de Hai.
26 And Joshua has not brought back his hand which he stretched out with the javelin until he has devoted all the inhabitants of Ai;
26 Y Josué no retrajo su mano que había extendido con la lanza, hasta que hubo destruído á todos los moradores de Hai.
27 only the livestock and the spoil of that city has Israel spoiled for themselves, according to the word of YHWH which He commanded Joshua.
27 Empero los Israelitas tomaron para sí las bestias y los despojos de la ciudad, conforme á la palabra de Jehová que él había mandado á Josué.
28 And Joshua burns Ai, and makes it a continuous heap—a desolation to this day;
28 Y Josué quemó á Hai y redújola á un montón perpetuo, asolado hasta hoy.
29 and he has hanged the king of Ai on the tree until evening, and at the going in of the sun Joshua has commanded, and they take down his carcass from the tree, and cast it to the opening of the gate of the city, and raise a great heap of stones over it until this day.
29 Mas al rey de Hai colgó de un madero hasta la tarde: y como el sol se puso, mandó Josué que quitasen del madero su cuerpo, y lo echasen á la puerta de la ciudad: y levantaron sobre él un gran montón de piedras, hasta hoy.
30 Then Joshua builds an altar to YHWH, God of Israel, in Mount Ebal,
30 Entonces Josué edificó un altar á Jehová Dios de Israel en el monte de Ebal,
31 as Moses, servant of YHWH, commanded the sons of Israel, as it is written in the Scroll of the Law of Moses—an altar of whole stones, over which he has not waved iron—and they cause burnt-offerings to go up on it to YHWH, and sacrifice peace-offerings;
31 Como Moisés, siervo de Jehová, lo había mandado á los hijos de Israel, como está escrito en el libro de la ley de Moisés, un altar de piedras enteras sobre las cuales nadie alzó hierro: y ofrecieron sobre él holocaustos á Jehová, y sacrificaron víctimas pacíficas.
32 and he writes there on the stones a copy of the Law of Moses, which he has written in the presence of the sons of Israel.
32 También escribió allí en piedras la repetición de la ley de Moisés, la cual él había escrito delante de los hijos de Israel.
33 And all Israel, and its elderly, and authorities, and his judges, are standing on this [side] and on that [side] of the Ark, before the priests, the Levites, carrying the Ark of the Covenant of YHWH, the sojourner as well as the native, half of them in front of Mount Gerizim, and the half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses servant of YHWH had commanded to bless the people of Israel at the first.
33 Y todo Israel, y sus ancianos, oficiales, y jueces, estaban de la una y de la otra parte junto al arca, delante de los sacerdotes Levitas que llevan el arca del pacto de Jehová; así extranjeros como naturales, la mitad de ellos estaba hacia el monte de Gerizim, y la otra mitad hacia el monte de Ebal; de la manera que Moisés, siervo de Jehová, lo había mandado antes, para que bendijesen primeramente al pueblo de Israel.
34 And afterward he has proclaimed all the words of the Law, the blessing and the reviling, according to all that is written in the Scroll of the Law;
34 Después de esto, leyó todas las palabras de la ley, las bendiciones y las maldiciones, conforme á todo lo que está escrito en el libro de la ley.
35 there has not been a thing of all that Moses commanded which Joshua has not proclaimed before all the assembly of Israel, and the women, and the infants, and the sojourner who is going in their midst.
35 No hubo palabra alguna de todas las cosas que mandó Moisés, que Josué no hiciese leer delante de toda la congregación de Israel, mujeres y niños, y extranjeros que andaban entre ellos.
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Ai
Ai's identification is disputed — the traditional site of et-Tell doesn't fit the conquest period neatly, so scholars debate its location (approximate). Achan's sin and the ambush belong here.
Cited in the guide: Joshua 7:2; Joshua 8:28
Cross references (32)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Joshua 1:9; Deuteronomy 7:18; Deuteronomy 31:8; Deuteronomy 1:21; Joshua 6:2
- 2 Deuteronomy 20:14; Joshua 6:21; 2 Chronicles 20:22; Proverbs 13:22; Joshua 8:12
- 3 1 Thessalonians 5:2; Matthew 25:6; Matthew 24:50; Matthew 24:39; 2 Peter 3:10
- 4 Judges 20:29; Ecclesiastes 9:16; Acts 23:21; 1 Samuel 15:2; Judges 9:25
- 5 Joshua 7:5; Judges 20:31–33; Matthew 10:16
- 6 Judges 20:32; Ecclesiastes 9:12; Exodus 15:9; Exodus 14:3; Ecclesiastes 8:11
- 7 Proverbs 21:30–31; Joshua 8:1; 2 Kings 5:1
- 8 2 Samuel 13:28; Joshua 1:9; Joshua 1:16; Joshua 8:28; Joshua 6:24
- 9 Ezra 2:28; Genesis 12:8; Genesis 32:21; Joshua 8:12; Nehemiah 7:32
- 10 Joshua 7:16; Genesis 22:3; Psalm 119:60; Joshua 3:1; Joshua 6:12
- 12 Joshua 8:2–3
- 13 Joshua 8:8; Joshua 8:12
- 14 Matthew 24:39; Isaiah 19:13; Joshua 8:16; Isaiah 19:11; 2 Peter 2:3
- 15 Joshua 18:12; Joshua 15:61; Joshua 16:1; Judges 20:36
- 16 Judges 20:31; Judges 20:36–39; Psalm 9:16; Ezekiel 38:11–22; Revelation 16:14
- 17 Joshua 11:20; Joshua 8:3; Isaiah 19:11–13; Job 5:13; Deuteronomy 2:30
- 18 Joshua 8:26; Job 15:25; 1 Samuel 17:6; Joshua 8:7; Exodus 17:9–12
- 20 Job 11:20; Genesis 19:28; Psalm 76:5; Revelation 6:15–17; Revelation 19:3
- 22 Deuteronomy 7:2; 1 Thessalonians 5:3; Joshua 11:11–12; Joshua 10:28; Luke 17:26–30
- 23 1 Samuel 15:8; Revelation 19:20; Joshua 10:17; Joshua 8:29
- 24 Joshua 11:10–14; Numbers 21:24; Joshua 10:30–41
- 25 Deuteronomy 20:16–18
- 26 Exodus 17:11–12; Joshua 8:18
- 27 Joshua 8:2; Numbers 31:26; Matthew 20:15; Psalm 50:10; Joshua 11:4
- 28 Deuteronomy 13:16; Jeremiah 49:2; Isaiah 17:1; Jeremiah 50:26; Joshua 4:9
- 29 Deuteronomy 21:22–23; 2 Samuel 18:17; Joshua 7:26; Psalm 110:5; Acts 12:23
- 30 Deuteronomy 27:4–6; Exodus 20:24; Genesis 8:20; Genesis 12:7–8
- 31 Deuteronomy 27:5–7; Exodus 20:24–25; Joshua 8:34–35; Joshua 1:8; Exodus 18:12
- 32 Deuteronomy 27:8; Deuteronomy 27:2–3
- 33 Deuteronomy 11:29; Deuteronomy 31:12; Deuteronomy 27:11–14; Deuteronomy 31:9; Exodus 12:49
- 34 Nehemiah 8:2–3; Nehemiah 13:1; Deuteronomy 31:10–12; Deuteronomy 29:20–21; Deuteronomy 30:15–20
- 35 Deuteronomy 31:12; Nehemiah 8:2; Jeremiah 26:2; Joel 2:16; Deuteronomy 29:11
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