So Joshua H3091 arose, H6965 and all H3605 the people H5971 of war, H4421 to go H5927 up against Ai: H5857 and Joshua H3091 chose H977 out thirty H7970 thousand H505 mighty H1368 men H376 of valor, H2428 and sent H7971 them away by night. H3915

And it came H1961 to pass, when Israel H3478 had made an end H3615 of slaying H2026 all H3605 the inhabitants H3427 of Ai H5857 in the field, H7704 in the wilderness H4057 wherein H834 they chased H7291 them, and when they were all H3605 fallen H5307 on the edge H6310 of the sword, H2719 until H5704 they were consumed, H8552 that all H3605 the Israelites H3478 returned H7725 to Ai, H5857 and smote H5221 it with the edge H6310 of the sword. H2719

And so it was, that all H3605 that fell H5307 that day, H3117 both of men H376 and women, H802 were twelve H8147 H6240 thousand, H505 even all H3605 the men H582 of Ai. H5857

For it was of the LORD H3068 to harden H2388 their hearts, H3820 that they should come H7122 against H7125 Israel H3478 in battle, H4421 that he might destroy H2763 them utterly, and that they might have H1961 no H1115 favor, H8467 but that he might destroy H8045 them, as the LORD H3068 commanded H6680 Moses. H4872

But Sihon H5511 king H4428 of Heshbon H2809 would H14 not let us pass H5674 by him: for the LORD H3068 your God H430 hardened H7185 his spirit, H7307 and made his heart H3824 obstinate, H553 that he might deliver H5414 him into your hand, H3027 as appears this H2088 day. H3117

He takes H3920 the wise H2450 in their own craftiness: H6193 and the counsel H6098 of the fraudulent H6617 is carried H4116 headlong.

Surely H389 the princes H8269 of Zoan H6814 are fools, H191 the counsel H6098 of the wise H2450 counsellors H3289 of Pharaoh H6547 is become H1197 brutish: H1197 how H349 say H559 you to Pharaoh, H6547 I am the son H1121 of the wise, H2450 the son H1121 of ancient H6924 kings? H4428

The princes H8269 of Zoan H6814 are become H2973 fools, H2973 the princes H8269 of Noph H5297 are deceived; H5377 they have also seduced H8582 Egypt, H4714 even they that are the stay H6438 of the tribes H7626 thereof.