8:27 But Israel did plunder the cattle and the goods of the city, in accordance with the Lord’s orders to Joshua. 1 8:28 Joshua burned Ai and made it a permanently uninhabited mound (it remains that way to this very day). 2
1 tnHeb “according to the word of the Lord which he commanded Joshua.”
2 tnHeb “and made it a permanent mound, a desolation, to this day.”