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Josué 8:28

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28 Queimou pois Josué a Ai, e a tornou num perpétuo montão de ruínas, como o é até o dia de hoje.

Josué 8:28 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 8:28

And Joshua burnt Ai
The whole city, fire being only set before to a few houses, to make a smoke as a signal; he did with it as he had done with Jericho, for so he was ordered, ( Joshua 8:2 ) ;

and made it an heap for ever;
that is, for a long time, for it appears to have been rebuilt, and to have been inhabited by the Jews, after their return from their Babylonish captivity, ( Nehemiah 11:31 ) ;

[even] a desolation unto this day;
to the time of the writing of this book; and by what has been just observed, it appears that Ezra could not be the writer of it, since this city was inhabited in his time.

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Josué 8:28 In-Context

26 Pois Josué não retirou a mão, que estendera com a lança, até destruir totalmente a todos os moradores de Ai.
27 TĂŁo-somente os israelitas tomaram para si o gado e os despojos da cidade, conforme a palavra que o Senhor ordenara a Josue:
28 Queimou pois Josué a Ai, e a tornou num perpétuo montão de ruínas, como o é até o dia de hoje.
29 Ao rei de Ai enforcou num madeiro, deixando-o ali até a tarde. Ao pôr do sol, por ordem de Josué, tiraram do madeiro o cadáver, lançaram-no � porta da cidade e levantaram sobre ele um grande montão de pedras, que permanece até o dia de hoje.
30 Então Josué edificou um altar ao Senhor Deus de Israel, no monte Ebal,

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