The workers of the city from all the tribes of Israel will cultivate it.

I will uproot your images of Asherah from your midst, and destroy your idols.

The filthy, stained city is as good as dead; the city filled with oppressors is finished!

Cain had marital relations with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was building a city, and he named the city after his son Enoch.

So he overthrew those cities and all that region, including all the inhabitants of the cities and the vegetation that grew from the ground.

After he left Paddan Aram, Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped near the city.

All the men who assembled at the city gate agreed with Hamor and his son Shechem. Every male who assembled at the city gate was circumcised.

So Israel took all these cities; and Israel settled in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all its villages.

“Instruct the Israelites to give the Levites towns to live in from the inheritance the Israelites will possess. You must also give the Levites grazing land around the towns.

you must then designate some towns as towns of refuge for you, to which a person who has killed someone unintentionally may flee.

At that time we seized all his cities and put every one of them under divine judgment, including even the women and children; we left no survivors.

All of these cities were fortified by high walls, gates, and locking bars; in addition there were a great many open villages.

all the cities of the plateau, all of Gilead and Bashan as far as Salecah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

This is how you are to deal with all those cities located far from you, those that do not belong to these nearby nations.

Have all the warriors march around the city one time; do this for six days.

When you capture the city, set it on fire. Do as the Lord says! See, I have given you orders.”

The army was in position – the main army north of the city and the rear guard west of the city. That night Joshua went into the middle of the valley.

All the reinforcements in Ai were ordered to chase them; they chased Joshua and were lured away from the city.

When he held out his hand, the men waiting in ambush rose up quickly from their place and attacked. They entered the city, captured it, and immediately set it on fire.

When Joshua and all Israel saw that the men in ambush had captured the city and that the city was going up in smoke, they turned around and struck down the men of Ai.