Septuaginta, Joshua, ed. Henry Barclay Swete, 8

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Καὶ εἶπεν κύριος πρὸς Ἰησοῦν Μὴ φοβηθῇς μηδὲ δειλιασῃς· λάβε
σοῦ τοὺς ἄνδρας πάντας τοὺς πολεμιστάς, καὶ ἀναστάς ἀνάβηθι εἰς Γαῖ. ἰδοὺ δέδωκα εἰς τὰς χεῖράς σου τὸν βασιλέα Γαὶ καὶ τὴν
γῆν αὐτοῦ.

καὶ ποιήσεις τὴν Γαὶ ὃν τρόπον ἐποίησας τὴν Ἰερειχὼ καὶ τὸν βασιλέα αὐτῆς, καὶ τὴν προνομὴν τῶν κτηνῶν προνομεύσεισ σεαυτῷ.

κατάστησον δὲ σεαυτῷ ἔνεδρα τῆ πόλει εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω.
καὶ ἀνέστη Ἰησοῦς καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ὁ πολεμιστὴς ὥστε ἀναβῆναι εἰς Γαί. ἐπλεξεν δὲ Ἰησοῦς τριάκοντα χιλιάδας ἀνδρῶν δυνατοὺς ἐν ἰσχύι, καὶ ἀπέστειλεν αὐτοὺς νυκτός.

καὶ ἐνετείλατε αὐτοῖς λέγων Ὑμεῖς ἐνεδρεύσατε ὀπίσω τῆς πόλεως· μὴ μακρὰν γίνεσθε ἀπὸ τῆς
πόλεως, καὶ ἔσεσθε πάντες ἕτοιμοι.

καὶ ἐγὼ καὶ πάντες οἱ μέτ' ἐμοῦ προσάξομεν πρὸς τὴν πόλιν, καὶ ἔσται ὼς ἂν ἐξέλθωσιν οἱ κατοικοῦντες Γαὶ εἰς συνάντησιν ἡμῖν καθάπερ καὶ πρώην, καὶ φευξόμεθα ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτῶν.

καὶ ὡς ἂν ἐξέλθωσιν ὀπίσω ἡμῶν, ἀποσπάσομεν αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ τῆς πόλεως· καὶ ἐροῦσιν Φεύγουσιν οὗτοι ἀπὸ προσώπου ἡμῶν ὃν τρόπον καὶ ἔμπροσθεν.

ὑμεῖς δὲ ἐξαναστήσεσθε ἐκ τῆς ἐνέδρας, καὶ πορεύσεσθε εἰς τὴν πόλιν.

κατὰ τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο ποιήσετε· ἰδοὺ ἐντέταλμαι ὑμῖν.

καὶ ἀπέστειλεν αὐτοὺς Ἰησοῦς, καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν εἰς τὴν ἐνέδραν· καὶ ἀπέστειλαν αὐτοὺς Βαιθὴλ καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον Γαῖ, ἀπὸ θαλάσσης τῆς Γαῖ.

Καὶ ὀρθρίσας
Ἰησοῦς τὸ πρωὶ ἐπεσκέψατο τὸν λαόν· καὶ ἀνέβησαν αὐτοὶ καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι κατὰ πρόσωπον τοῦ λαοῦ ἐπὶ Γᾶ·

καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ὁ
πολεμιστὴς μετ’ αὐτοῦ ἀνέβησαν, κα πορευόμενοι ἦλθον ἐξ ἐναντίας τῆς πόλεως ἀπ’ ἀνατολῶν,

καὶ τὰ ἔνεδρα τῆς πόλεως ἀπὸ θαλάσσης·

καὶ ἐγένετο ὡς ἴδεν βασιλεὺς Γαῖ, ἔσπευσεν καὶ ἐξῆλθεν εἰς συνάναυτου
¹ τῇσιν αὐτοῖς ἐπ’ εὐθείας εἰς τὸν πόλεμον, αὐτὸς καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ὁ ² μετ’ αὐτοῦ· καὶ αὐτὸς οὐκ ᾔδει ὅτι ἔνεδρα αὐτῷ ἐστιν ὀπίσω τῆς πόλεως.

καὶ ἴδεν καὶ ἀνεχώρησεν Ἰησοῦς καὶ Ἰσραὴλ ἀπὸ προσώπου α

καὶ κατεδίωξαν ὀπίσω τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ, καὶ αὐτοὶ
ἀπὸ τῆς πόλεως·

οὐ κατελείφθη οὐθεὶς ἐν τῆ Γαῖ ὃς οὐ Ἰσραήλ· καὶ κατέλιπον τὴν πόλιν ἀνεῳγμένην, καὶ κατεδίωξεν ὀπίσω Ἰσραήλ.

καὶ εἶπεν κύριος πρὸς Ἰησοῦν Ἔκτεινον σου ἐν τῷ γαίσῳ τῷ ἐν τῇ χειρί σου ἐπὶ τὴν πόλιν, εῖς γὰρ τὰς χεῖράς σου παραδέδωκα αὐτήν· καὶ τὰ ἔνεδρα ἐξαναστήσονται ἐν τάχει ἐκ τοῦ τόπου αὐτῶν. καὶ ἐξέτεινεν Ἰησοῦς τὴν
χεῖρα αὐτοῦ, τὸν γαῖσον, ἐπὶ τὴν πόλιν·

καὶ τὰ ἔνεδρα ἐξανέστησαν ἐν τάχει ἐκ τοῦ τόπου αὐτῶν καὶ ἐξήλθοσαν ὅτε ἐξέτεινεν τὴν χεῖρα, καὶ ἤλθοσαν ἐπὶ τὴν πόλιν καὶ κατελάβοντο αὐτήν· καὶ σπεύσαντες
ἐνέπρησαν τὴν πόλιν ἐν πυρί.

καὶ περιβλέψαντες οἱ κάτοικοι Γαῖ εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐθεώρουν καπνὸν ἀναβαίνοντα ἐκ τῆς πόλεως εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν· καὶ οὐκέτι εἶχον ποῦ φύγωσιν
ὧδε ἢ ὧδε.

καὶ Ἰησοῦς καὶ πᾶς Ἰσραὴλ εἶδον ὅτι ἔλαβον τὰ ἔνεδρα τὴν πόλιν, καὶ ὅτι ἀνέβη ὁ καπνὸς τῆς πόλεως εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν· καὶ
μεταβαλόμενοι ἐπάταξαν τοὺς ἄνδρας τῆς Γαῖ.

καὶ οὗτοι ἐκ τῆς πόλεως εἰς συνάντησιν, καὶ ἐγενήθησαν ἀνὰ μέσον τῆς βολῆς, οὗτοι ἐντεῦθεν καὶ οὗτοι ἐντεῦθεν· καὶ ἐπάταξαν ἕως τοῦ
μὴ καταλειφθῆναι αὐτῶν σεσωσμένον καὶ διαπεφευγότα.

καὶ τὸν βασιλέα τῆς Γαῖ συνέλαβον ζῶντα, καὶ προσήγαγον αὐτὸν πρὸς
Ἰησοῦν.

καὶ ὡς ἐπαύσαντο οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ ἀποκτέννοντες πάντας τοὺς ἐν τῇ Γαῖ τοὺς ἐν τοῖς πεδίοις καὶ ἐν τῷ ὄρει ἐπὶ τῆς καταβάσεως οὗ κατεδίωξαν αὐτοὺς ἀπ’ αὐτῆς εἰς τέλος, καὶ ἀπέστρεψεν Ἰησοῦς εἰς
Γαῖ, καὶ ἐπάταξεν αὐτὴν ἐν στόματι ῥομφαίας.

καὶ ἐγενήθησαν οἱ ³⁴ πεσόντες ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ ἀπὸ ἀνδρὸς καὶ ἕως γυναικὸς χιλιάδες, πάντας τοὺς κατοικοῦντας Γᾶ.

πλὴν τῶν σκύλων τῶν ἐν
τῇ πόλει πάντα ἃ ἐπρονόμευσαν ἑαυτοῖς ὁ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ κατὰ πρόσταγμα Κυρίου, ὃν τρόπον συνέταξεν κύριος τῷ Ἰησοῖ.

καὶ ἐνεπύρισεν
Ἰησοῦς τὴν πόλιν ἐν πυρί· χῶμα ἀοίκητον εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ἔθηκεν αὐτὴν ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης.

καὶ τὸν βασιλέα τῆς Γᾶ
ἐκρέμασεν ἐπὶ ξύλου διδύμου, καὶ ἦν ἐπὶ τοῦ ξύλου ἕως ἑσπέρας· καὶ ἐπιδύνοντος τοῦ ἡλίου συνέταξεν Ἰησοῦς καὶ καθείλοσαν αὐτοῦ τὸ σῶμα ἀπὸ τοῦ ξύλου καὶ ἔριψαν αὐτὸν εἰς τὸν βόθρον, κα ἐπέστησαν αὐτῷ σωρὸν λίθων ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης.

Joshua. Septuaginta. ed. Henry Barclay Swete. Germany. 2015.

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Josue Cod. Vaticanus + Cod. Alexandrinus) (Greek) (Septuaginta. The Old Testament in Greek According to the Septuagint. Volume 1: Genesis-IV Kings. Swete, Henry Barclay, editor. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1901.)

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Joshua Perseus (World English Bible. Revision of the American Standard Version of 1901. Rainbow Missions, Inc., 2000-2024.) — 8 focus

Yahweh said to Joshua, Don’t be afraid, neither be dismayed: take all the people of war with you, and arise, go up to Ai; behold, I have given into your hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land;

You shall do to Ai and her king as you did to Jericho and her king: only the spoil of it, and the cattle of it, shall you take for a prey to yourselves: set you an ambush for the city behind it.

So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand men, the mighty men of valor, and sent them forth by night.

He commanded them, saying, Behold, you shall lie in ambush against the city, behind the city; don’t go very far from the city, but be all ready:

and I, and all the people who are with me, will approach to the city. It shall happen, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them;

and they will come out after us, until we have drawn them away from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: so we will flee before them;

and you shall rise up from the ambush, and take possession of the city: for Yahweh your God will deliver it into your hand.

It shall be, when you have seized on the city, that you shall set the city on fire; according to the word of Yahweh shall you do: behold, I have commanded you.

Joshua sent them forth; and they went to set up the ambush, and stayed between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people.

Joshua arose up early in the morning, and mustered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.

All the people, [even] the [men of] war who were with him, went up, and drew near, and came before the city, and encamped on the north side of Ai: now there was a valley between him and Ai.

He took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.

So they set the people, even all the host who was on the north of the city, and their liers-in-wait who were on the west of the city; and Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.

It happened, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hurried and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at the time appointed, before the Arabah; but he didn’t know that there was an ambush against him behind the city.

Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

All the people who were in the city were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.

There was not a man left in Ai or Beth El, who didn’t go out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.

Yahweh said to Joshua, Stretch out the javelin that is in your hand toward Ai; for I will give it into your hand. Joshua stretched out the javelin that was in his hand toward the city.

The ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand, and entered into the city, and took it; and they hurried and set the city on fire.

When the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people who fled to the wilderness turned back on the pursuers.

When Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and killed the men of Ai.

The others came forth 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 struck them, so that they let none of them remain or escape.

The king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.

It happened, when Israel had made an end of killing all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness in which they pursued them, and they were all fallen by the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all Israel returned to Ai, and struck it with the edge of the sword.

All that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.

For Joshua didn’t draw back his hand, with which he stretched out the javelin, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.

Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for prey to themselves, according to the word of Yahweh which he commanded Joshua.

So Joshua burnt Ai, and made it a heap forever, even a desolation, to this day.

The king of Ai he hanged on a tree until the evening: and at the going down of the sun Joshua commanded, and they took his body down from the tree, and cast it at the entrance of the gate of the city, and raised thereon a great heap of stones, to this day.

Then Joshua built an altar to Yahweh, the God of Israel, in Mount Ebal,

as Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of uncut stones, on which no man had lifted up any iron: and they offered thereon burnt offerings to Yahweh, and sacrificed peace-offerings.

He wrote there on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote, in the presence of the children of Israel.

All Israel, and their elders and officers, and their judges, stood on this side of the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, who bore the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, as well the sojourner as the native; half of them in front of Mount Gerizim, and half of them in front of Mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of Yahweh had commanded at the first, that they should bless the people of Israel.

Afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessing and the curse, according to all that is written in the book of the law.

There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua didn’t read before all the assembly of Israel, and the women, and the little ones, and the sojourners who were among them.

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