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Joshua 8:4-9

4And he commandedוַיְצַ֨וvay.TzavH6680them, sayingלֵאמֹ֗רle.MorH559,Beholdרְ֠אוּRe.'uH7200,ye shall lie in waitאֹרְבִ֤ים'o.re.VimH693against the cityלָעִיר֙la.'IrH5892, evenbehindמֵאַחֲרֵ֣יme.'a.cha.ReiH310the cityהָעִ֔ירha.'IrH5892:goH7368not veryמְאֹ֑דme.'OdH3966farתַּרְחִ֥יקוּtar.Chi.kuH7368from the cityהָעִ֖ירha.'IrH5892,but be ye all readyנְכֹנִֽים׃ne.kho.NimH3559:

5And I, and all the peopleהָעָם֙ha.'AmH5971that arewith me, will approachנִקְרַ֖בnik.RavH7126unto the cityהָעִ֑ירha.'IrH5892:and it shall come to pass, when they come outיֵצְא֤וּye.tze.'UH3318againstH7125us, as at the firstבָּרִֽאשֹׁנָ֔הba.ri.sho.NahH7223,that we will fleeוְנַ֖סְנוּve.Nas.nuH5127beforeלִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃lif.nei.HemH6440them,

6(For they will come outוְיָצְא֣וּve.ya.tze.'UH3318afterאַחֲרֵ֗ינוּ'a.cha.Rei.nuH310us) till we have drawnהַתִּיקֵ֤נוּha.ti.Ke.nuH5423them from the cityהָעִ֔ירha.'IrH5892;for they will sayיֹֽאמְר֔וּyo.me.RuH559,They fleeנָסִ֣יםna.SimH5127beforeלְפָנֵ֔ינוּle.fa.Nei.nuH6440us, as at the firstבָּרִֽאשֹׁנָ֑הba.ri.sho.NahH7223:therefore we will fleeוְנַ֖סְנוּve.Nas.nuH5127beforeלִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃lif.nei.HemH6440them.

7Then ye shall rise upתָּקֻ֙מוּ֙ta.Ku.muH6965from the ambushמֵהָ֣אוֹרֵ֔בme.Ha.'o.RevH693,and seizeוְהוֹרַשְׁתֶּ֖םve.ho.rash.TemH3423upon the cityהָעִ֑ירha.'IrH5892:for Yhwhיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068your Godאֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֖ם'e.lo.hei.KhemH430will deliverוּנְתָנָ֛הּu.ne.ta.NahH5414it into your handבְּיֶדְכֶֽם׃be.yed.KhemH3027.

8And it shall be, when ye have takenכְּתָפְשְׂכֶ֣םke.ta.fe.se.KhemH8610the cityהָעִ֗ירha.'IrH5892, thatye shall setתַּצִּ֤יתוּta.Tzi.tuH3341the cityהָעִיר֙ha.'IrH5892on fireבָּאֵ֔שׁba.'EshH784:according to the commandmentכִּדְבַ֥רkid.VarH1697of Yhwhיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068shall ye doתַּעֲשׂ֑וּta.'a.SuH6213.Seeרְא֖וּre.'UH7200,I have commandedצִוִּ֥יתִיtzi.Vi.tiH6680you.

9Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֗עַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091therefore sent them forthוַיִּשְׁלָחֵ֣םvai.yish.la.ChemH7971:and they wentH3212to lie in ambushהַמַּאְרָ֔בha.ma'.RavH3993,and abodeוַיֵּשְׁב֗וּvai.ye.she.VuH3427between Beth–elH1008and Aiהָעַ֖יha.'AiH5857,on the west sideמִיָּ֣םmi.YamH3220of Aiלָעָ֑יla.'AiH5857:but Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091lodgedוַיָּ֧לֶןvai.Ya.lenH3885that nightבַּלַּ֥יְלָהba.Lay.lahH3915amongבְּת֥וֹךְbe.TokhH8432the peopleהָעָֽם׃ha.'AmH5971.

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