28 約書亞燒毀全城,使城永遠成為一堆廢墟,至今仍一片荒涼。 29 約書亞又將艾城王的屍體掛在樹上示眾。黃昏時,他才吩咐人把屍體取下來丟在城門口,又在屍體上堆了一大堆石頭。石堆至今還在。

重申律法

30-31 約書亞照耶和華的僕人摩西在律法書上吩咐以色列人的話,用未經鐵器鑿過的完整石頭,在以巴路山上為以色列的上帝耶和華築了一座祭壇。以色列人就在這壇上把燔祭和平安祭獻給耶和華。

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28 So Joshua burned(A) Ai[a](B) and made it a permanent heap of ruins,(C) a desolate place to this day.(D) 29 He impaled the body of the king of Ai on a pole and left it there until evening. At sunset,(E) Joshua ordered them to take the body from the pole and throw it down at the entrance of the city gate. And they raised a large pile of rocks(F) over it, which remains to this day.

The Covenant Renewed at Mount Ebal

30 Then Joshua built on Mount Ebal(G) an altar(H) to the Lord, the God of Israel,

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 8:28 Ai means the ruin.