Study it in the app“And you shall do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king; only its spoil and its livestock you may plunder for yourselves. Set for yourself an ambush against the city behind it.””
And you shall doוְעָשִׂיתָto Aiלָעַיand its kingוּלְמַלְכָּהּasכַּאֲשֶׁרyou didעָשִׂיתָto Jerichoלִירִיחוֹand its king;וּלְמַלְכָּהּonlyרַקits spoilשְׁלָלָהּand its livestockוּבְהֶמְתָּהּyou may plunderתָּבֹזּוּfor yourselves.לָכֶםSetשִׂיםfor yourselfלְךָan ambushאֹרֵבagainst the cityלָעִירbehind it.”מֵאַחֲרֶיהָ
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asita” appearsAi
See it on the mapWhere else “ay” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “malka” appearsJericho
See it on the mapWhere else “yricho” appearsspoil, plunder
Spoil: what is taken from a defeated enemy.
Where else “shelala” appearslivestock
A four-legged animal, above all farm animals.
Where else “vehemta” appearsplunder
Plunder, take spoil.
Where else “tavozu” appearsput
To put something somewhere.
Where else “sim” appearslie in wait
Lie in wait: wait in hiding to attack.
Where else “orev” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears1Ai ?
Today: possibly et-Tell or Khirbet el-Maqatir, West Bank
A city east of Bethel; its exact site is not certain.
Israel was defeated there because of Achan's sin (Josh 7:2-5), and later God gave them the victory (Josh 8:1).
2Jericho
Today: Jericho (Ariha), West Bank
A city in the Jordan valley, about 15 miles (25 km) northeast of Jerusalem and not far from the river.
It was the first city Israel took in Canaan; its walls fell (Josh 6:20). Centuries later Jesus passed through Jericho and saved Zacchaeus (Luke 19:1-10).
1YHWH said to Joshua, “Do not fear or be dismayed. Take with you all the people of war, and arise, go up to Ai. See, I have given into your hand the king of Ai, his people, his city, and his land.
2 · This verse (above)
3So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai; and Joshua chose thirty thousand men, mighty warriors, and sent them out by night.
