Yosua 8:1
Konteks8:1 The Lord told Joshua, “Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! 1 Take the whole army with you and march against Ai! 2 See, I am handing over to you 3 the king of Ai, along with his people, city, and land.
Yosua 8:28
Konteks8:28 Joshua burned Ai and made it a permanently uninhabited mound (it remains that way to this very day). 4
[8:1] 1 tn Or perhaps “and don’t get discouraged!”
[8:1] 2 tn Heb “Take with you all the people of war and arise, go up against Ai!”
[8:1] 3 tn Heb “I have given into our hand.” The verbal form, a perfect, is probably best understood as a perfect of certitude, indicating the certainty of the action.
[8:28] 4 tn Heb “and made it a permanent mound, a desolation, to this day.”