Josh.8.8

Joshua 8:8

KJV

And it shall be, when ye have taken the city, that ye shall set the city on fire: according to the commandment of the Lord shall ye do. See, I have commanded you.

The Conquest of Ai

Cross References

Deuteronomy 20:16

KJV

But of the cities of these people, which the Lord thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:

Laws of Warfare

Joshua 8:2

KJV GOD

And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it.

The Conquest of Ai

Joshua 8:7

KJV

Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city: for the Lord your God will deliver it into your hand.

The Conquest of Ai

Joshua 8:9

KJV

¶ Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people.

The Conquest of Ai

Joshua 8:22

KJV

And the other issued out of the city against them; so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: and they smote them, so that they let none of them remain or escape.