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Joshua stretches out the javelin toward Ai, and the ambush takes the city

여호수아가 단창을 들어 아이를 가리키고 복병이 성읍을 점령함

Joshua 8:18–23: the LORD says to Joshua, “Stretch out the javelin that is in your hand toward Ai, for I will give it into your hand.” Joshua stretches out the javelin that is in his hand toward the city. The ambush arises quickly out of their place, and they run as soon as he has stretched out his hand, and enter into the city and take it; they hurry and set the city on fire. When the men of Ai look behind them, they see, and behold, the smoke of the city ascends up to heaven, and they have no power to flee this way or that way. The people who fled to the wilderness turn back on the pursuers. When Joshua and all Israel see that the ambush has taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascends, they turn back and kill the men of Ai. The others come out of the city against them, so they are in the middle of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side. They strike them, so that they let none of them remain or escape. They capture the king of Ai alive and bring him to Joshua.

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JOS 8:18–23, engwebp
¹⁸The LORD said to Joshua, “Stretch out the javelin that is in your hand toward Ai, for I will give it into your hand.” Joshua stretched out the javelin that was in his hand toward the city.
¹⁹The ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand and entered into the city and took it. They hurried and set the city on fire.
²⁰When the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way. The people who fled to the wilderness turned back on the pursuers.
²¹When Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned back and killed the men of Ai.
²²The others came out of the city against them, so they were in the middle of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side. They struck them, so that they let none of them remain or escape.
²³They captured the king of Ai alive, and brought him to Joshua.
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Joshua (son of Nun) — Took part in — Joshua stretches out the javelin toward Ai, and the ambush takes the city

Evidence: Joshua 8:18–23
Joshua stretches out the javelin toward Ai, and the ambush takes the city — Narrated location — Ai

Evidence: Joshua 8:18–23

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Entry: Joshua stretches out the javelin toward Ai, and the ambush takes the city (event-jos-8-ai-taken-and-set-on-fire)
Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/event/jos-8-ai-taken-and-set-on-fire
Current wording: Joshua 8:18–23: the LORD says to Joshua, “Stretch out the javelin that is in your hand toward Ai, for I will give it into your hand.” Joshua stretches out the javelin that is in his hand toward the city. The ambush arises quickly out of their place, and they run as soon as he has stretched out his hand, and enter into the city and take it; they hurry and set the city on fire. When the men of Ai look behind them, they see, and behold, the smoke of the city ascends up to heaven, and they have no power to flee this way or that way. The people who fled to the wilderness turn back on the pursuers. When Joshua and all Israel see that the ambush has taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascends, they turn back and kill the men of Ai. The others come out of the city against them, so they are in the middle of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side. They strike them, so that they let none of them remain or escape. They capture the king of Ai alive and bring him to Joshua.
Cited evidence: JOS 8:18–23, engwebp
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