Chapter 8 of 24

By stratagem of an ambushment the city of Hai is taken and burned, and all the inhabitants slain. 29. the king hanged. 30. An Altar built, sacrifice offered, 32. the law written in stones, the people blessed, and the blessings and cursings read before them all.By stratageme of an ambushment the citie of Hai is taken and burned, and al the inhabitantes slaine. 29. the king hanged. 30. An Altar built, sacrifice offered, 32. the law written in stones, the people blessed, and the blessinges and cursinges read before them al.

And our Lord said to Josue: Fear not, neither do thou dread: take with thee all the multitude of fighting men, and rising go up unto the town of Hai. behold I have delivered into thy hand the King thereof, and the people,ANd our Lord said to Iosue: Feare not, neither doe thou dread: take with thee al the multitude of fighting men, and rysing goe vp vnto the towne of Hai. behold I haue deliuered into thy hand the King therof, & the people,Dixit autem Dominus ad Josue : Ne timeas, neque formides : tolle tecum omnem multitudinem pugnatorum, et consurgens ascende in oppidum Hai. Ecce tradidi in manu tua regem ejus et populum, urbemque et terram.

³And Josue arose, and all the hostan army, the armed muster, not a guest, nor the Eucharistic Host · Vulgate: exercitus of the men of war with him, to go up into Hai: and thirty thousand chosen valiant men he sent in the night,And Iosue arose, and al the hoste of the men of warre with him, to goe vp into Hai: and thirtie thousand chosen valiant men he sent in the night,Surrexitque Josue, et omnis exercitus bellatorum cum eo, ut ascenderent in Hai : et electa triginta millia virorum fortium misit nocte,

⁴and commanded them, saying: Lay ambushments behind the city: neither retire you far off: and you shall all be ready.and commanded them, saying: Lay ambushmentes behinde the citie: neither retyre you farre of: and you shal al be readie.præcepitque eis, dicens : Ponite insidias post civitatem, nec longius recedatis : et eritis omnes parati.

⁵But I and the rest of the multitude, which is with me, will go up on the contrary side against the city. And when they shall issue out against us, as we did before, we will flee, and turn our backs:But I and the rest of the multitude, which is with me, wil goe vp on the contrarie side against the citie. And when they shal issue out against vs, as we did before, we wil flee, and turne our backes:Ego autem, et reliqua multitudo, quæ mecum est, accedemus ex adverso contra urbem. Cumque exierint contra nos, sicut ante fecimus, fugiemus, et terga vertemus,

⁶till pursuing they be drawn forward far from the city: for they will think that we flee as before.til pursewing they be drawen forward farre from the citie: for they wil thinck that we flee as before.donec persequentes ab urbe longius protrahantur : putabunt enim nos fugere sicut prius.

⁷We therefore fleeing, and they pursuing, you shall rise out of the ambushments, and shall waste the city: and our Lord God will deliver it into your hands.We therfore fleeing, and they pursewing, you shal rise out of the ambushmentes, and shal waste the citie: and our Lord God wil deliuer it into your handes.Nobis ergo fugientibus, et illis persequentibus, consurgetis de insidiis, et vastabitis civitatem : tradetque eam Dominus Deus vester in manus vestras.

⁸And when you shall take it, burn it, and you shall do all things so, as I have commanded.And when you shal take it, burne it, and you shal doe al thinges so, as I haue commanded.Cumque ceperitis, succendite eam, et sic omnia facietis, ut jussi.

⁹And he dismissed them away, and they went on to the place of the ambushment, and sat between Bethel and Hai, at the West side of the city of Hai. But Josue that night stayed in the midst of the people,And he dismissed them away, and they went on to the place of the ambushment, and sate betwen Bethel and Hai, at the West side of the citie of Hai. But Iosue that night stayed in the middes of the people,Dimisitque eos, et perrexerunt ad locum insidiarum, sederuntque inter Bethel et Hai, ad occidentalem plagam urbis Hai : Josue autem nocte illa in medio mansit populi,

¹⁰and rising early he mustered his soldiers, and went up with the ancientsthe elders, the senior men, not aged persons generally · Vulgate: seniores in the front of the host, environed with the aid of the fighting men.and rysing early he mustered his soldiars, and went vp with the ancientes in the fronte of the hoste, enuironed with the ayde of the fighting men.surgensque diluculo recensuit socios, et ascendit cum senioribus in fronte exercitus, vallatus auxilio pugnatorum.

¹¹And when they were come, and were gone up directly against the city, they stood on the North side of the city, between which and them was a valley in the midst.And when they were come, and were gone vp directly against the citie, they stoode on the North side of the citie, betwen which and them was a valley in the middes.Cumque venissent et ascendissent ex adverso civitatis, steterunt ad septentrionalem urbis plagam, inter quam et eos erat vallis media.

¹³but all the rest of the host went in battle array on the North side, so that the last of the multitude did reach to the West side of the city. Josue therefore went that night, and stood in the midst of the valley.but al the rest of the hoste went in battel aray on the North side, so that the last of the multitude did reach to the West side of the citie. Iosue therfore went that night, and stoode in the middes of the valley.omnis vero reliquus exercitus ad aquilonem aciem dirigebat, ita ut novissimi illius multitudinis occidentalem plagam urbis attingerent. Abiit ergo Josue nocte illa, et stetit in vallis medio.

¹⁴Which when the King of Hai had seen, he made haste in the morning, and issued forth with all the host of the city, and bent his army toward the desert, being ignorant that there lay ambushments secretly behind his back.Which when the King of Hai had sene, he made hast in the morning, and issued forth with al the host of the citie, and bent his armie toward the desert, being ignorant that there lay embushmentes secretly behind his backe.Quod cum vidisset rex Hai, festinavit mane, et egressus est cum omni exercitu civitatis, direxitque aciem contra desertum, ignorans quod post tergum laterent insidiæ.

¹⁵And Josue, and all Israel gave back, feigning fear, and fleeing by the way of the wilderness.And Iosue, and al Israel gaue backe, feyning feare, and fleeing by the way of the wildernes.Josue vero et omnis Israël cesserunt loco, simulantes metum, et fugientes per solitudinis viam.

¹⁶But they cried aloud together, and encouraging one another, pursued them. And when they were gone from the city,But they cried alowde together, and encouraging one an other, pursewed them. And when they were gone from the citie,At illi vociferantes pariter, et se mutuo cohortantes, persecuti sunt eos. Cumque recessissent a civitate,

¹⁹And when he had lifted up his shield against the city, the ambushments, that lay hid, rose up immediately and going to the city, took and burnt it.And when he had lifted vp his shield against the citie, the embushmentes, that lay hidde, rose vp immediatly and going to the citie, tooke and burnt it.Cumque elevasset clypeum ex adverso civitatis, insidiæ, quæ latebant, surrexerunt confestim : et pergentes ad civitatem, ceperunt, et succenderunt eam.

²⁰And the men of the city, that pursued Josue, looking back and seeing the smoke of the city rise up even to heaven, they could no more flee hither and thither: especially whereas they, that had feigned running away, and went toward the wilderness, most valiantly resisted against the pursuers.And the men of the citie, that pursewed Iosue, looking backe and seeing the smoke of the citie rise vp euen to heauen, they could no more flee hither and thither: especially whereas they, that had feyned running away, and went toward the wildernes, most valiantly resisted against the pursewers.Viri autem civitatis, qui persequebantur Josue, respicientes et videntes fumum urbis ad cælum usque conscendere, non potuerunt ultra huc illucque diffugere : præsertim cum hi qui simulaverant fugam, et tendebant ad solitudinem, contra persequentes fortissime restitissent.

²¹And Josue and all Israel seeing that the city was taken, and the smoke of the city rose up, returning he strokestruck, smote (past tense of strike) · Vulgate: percussit the men of Hai.And Iosue and al Israel seeing that the citie was taken, and the smoke of the citie rose vp, returning he stroke the men of Hai.Vidensque Josue et omnis Israël quod capta esset civitas, et fumus urbis ascenderet, reversus percussit viros Hai.

²²For they also that had taken and burnt the city, issuing out of the city against their own men, began to strike the enemies in the midst of them. When the adversaries therefore were slain on both sides, so that none of so great a multitude was saved,For they also that had taken and burnt the citie, issuing out of the citie against their owne men, beganne to strike the enemies in the middes of them. When the aduersaries therfore were slaine on both sides, so that none of so great a multitude was saued,Siquidem et illi qui ceperant et succenderant civitatem, egressi ex urbe contra suos, medios hostium ferire cœperunt. Cum ergo ex utraque parte adversarii cæderentur, ita ut nullus de tanta multitudine salvaretur,

²³they took the King of the city of Hai alive, and presented him to Josue.they tooke the King of the citie of Hai aliue, and presented him to Iosue.regem quoque urbis Hai apprehenderunt viventem, et obtulerunt Josue.

²⁴Therefore all being slain, that had pursued Israel fleeing to the wilderness, and falling by the sword in the same place, the children of Israel returning stroke the city.Therfore al being slaine, that had pursewed Israel fleeing to the wildernes, and falling by the sword in the same place, the children of Israel returning stroke the citie.Igitur omnibus interfectis, qui Israëlem ad deserta tendentem fuerant persecuti, et in eodem loco gladio corruentibus, reversi filii Israël percusserunt civitatem.

²⁵And there were that fell that same day from man unto woman, twelve thousand men, all of the city of Hai.And there were that fel that same day from man vnto woman, twelue thousand men, al of the citie of Hai.Erant autem qui in eodem die conciderant a viro usque ad mulierem, duodecim millia hominum, omnes urbis Hai.

²⁶But Josue plucked not in his hand, which he had stretched forth on high, holding the shield till all the inhabitants of Hai were slain.But Iosue plucked not in his hand, which he had stretched forth on high, holding the shield til al the inhabitantes of Hai were slaine.Josue vero non contraxit manum, quam in sublime porrexerat, tenens clypeum donec interficerentur omnes habitatores Hai.

²⁷And the cattle and the prey of the city the children of Israel divided among them, as our Lord had commanded Josue.And the cattel and the pray of the citie the children of Israel diuided among them, as our Lord had commanded Iosue.Jumenta autem et prædam civitatis diviserunt sibi filii Israël, sicut præceperat Dominus Josue.

²⁸Who burnt the city, and made it a heap for ever:Who burnt the citie, and made it a heape for euer:Qui succendit urbem, et fecit eam tumulum sempiternum :

²⁹the king also thereof he hung on a gibbeta gallows, the post on which the body was hung · Vulgate: patibulum until evening and the going down of the sun. And he commanded, and they took down his corpse from the gibbet: and threw it in the very entering of the city, heaping upon it a great heap of stones, which remaineth until this present day.the king also therof he hong on a gibbet vntil euening and the going downe of the sunne. And he commanded, and they tooke downe his corps from the gibbet: and threw it in the verie entring of the citie, heaping vpon it a great heape of stones, which remaineth vntil this present day.regem quoque ejus suspendit in patibulo usque ad vesperam et solis occasum. Præcepitque Josue, et deposuerunt cadaver ejus de cruce : projeceruntque in ipso introitu civitatis, congesto super eum magno acervo lapidum, qui permanet usque in præsentem diem.

³⁰Then Josue built an altar to our Lord the God of Israel in mount Hebal,Then Iosue built an altar to our Lord the God of Israel in mount Hebal,Tunc ædificavit Josue altare Domino Deo Israël in monte Hebal,

³¹as Moyses the servant of our Lord had commanded the children of Israel, and it is written in the volumethe scroll, the book-roll, not a tome or quantity · Vulgate: volumen of the law of Moyses: an Altar of unhewed stones which iron hath not touched: and he offered upon it holocaustswhole burnt sacrifices wholly consumed on the altar, not a massacre · Vulgate: holocausta to our Lord, and immolatedsacrificed, slew as a victim · Vulgate: immolavit pacific victimspeace-offerings, the sacrifice eaten in fellowship before the Lord, not pacifist or harmed persons · Vulgate: pacificas victimas.as Moyses the seruant of our Lord had commanded the children of Israel, and it is written in the volume of the law of Moyses: an Altar of vnhewed stones which yron hath not touched: and he offered vpon it holocaustes to our Lord, and immolated pacifique victimes.sicut præceperat Moyses famulus Domini filiis Israël, et scriptum est in volumine legis Moysi : altare vero de lapidibus impolitis, quos ferrum non tetigit : et obtulit super eo holocausta Domino, immolavitque pacificas victimas.

³²And he wrote upon those stones the DeuteronomyVulgate: Deuteronomium: a written copy of the law of the law of Moyses, which he had ordered before the children of Israel.And he wrote vpon those stones the Deuteronomie of the law of Moyses, which he had ordered before the children of Israel.Et scripsit super lapides Deuteronomium legis Moysi, quod ille digesserat coram filiis Israël.

³³And all the people, and the ancients, and the princes and judges stood on both sides of the ark, in the sight of the priests that carried the ark of the covenant of our Lord, as well the stranger as also the man of the same country. the half part of them beside mount Garizim, and half beside mount Hebal, as Moyses the servant of our Lord had commanded.And al the people, and the ancientes, and the princes and iudges stoode on both sides of the arke, in the sight of the priestes that caried the arke of the couenant of our Lord, as wel the stranger as also the man of the same countrie. the half part of them beside mount Garizim, and halfe beside mount Hebal, as Moyses the seruant of our Lord had commanded.Omnis autem populus, et majores natu, ducesque ac judices, stabant ex utraque parte arcæ, in conspectu sacerdotum qui portabant arcam fœderis Domini, ut advena, ita et indigena. Media pars eorum juxta montem Garizim, et media juxta montem Hebal, sicut præceperat Moyses famulus Domini. Et primum quidem benedixit populo Israël.

³⁵Nothing of those things, which Moyses had commanded, did he leave untouched, but he repeated all things before all the multitude of Israel, the women and children and strangers, that dwelt among them.Nothing of those thinges, which Moyses had commanded, did he leaue vntouched, but he repeated al thinges before al the multitude of Israel, the women and children and strangers, that dwelt among them.Nihil ex his quæ Moyses jusserat, reliquit intactum, sed universa replicavit coram omni multitudine Israël, mulieribus ac parvulis, et advenis qui inter eos morabantur.