Joshua 11:9
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And Joshua did unto them as the Lord bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.Joshua treated them as the LORD had told him; he hamstrung their horses and burned up their chariots.
In other translations
And Joshua did unto them as the Lord bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.Joshua treated them as the LORD had told him; he hamstrung their horses and burned up their chariots.
Hebrew words
וַיַּעַשׂvaiya'asand he didH6213לָהֶםlahemto <the> themיְהוֹשֻׁעַyehoshua'JoshuaH3091כַּאֲשֶׁרka'asherjust asH834אָמַר־'amar-he had saidH559לוֹloto <the> himיְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853סוּסֵיהֶםsuseihemhorses theirH5483עִקֵּר'ikerhe hamstrungH6131וְאֶת־ve'etand <obj.>H853מַרְכְּבֹתֵיהֶםmarkevoteihemchariots theirH4818שָׂרַףsarafhe burnedH8313בָּאֵשׁ׃ סba'eshwith <the> fireH784
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Related verses
- Joshua 11:6And the Lord said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for by this time tomorrow I will deliver all of them slain before Israel. You are to hamstring their horses and burn up their chariots.”
- Ezekiel 39:9-109 And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years: 10 So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord God.9 Then those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go out, kindle fires, and burn up the weapons—the bucklers and shields, the bows and arrows, the clubs and spears. For seven years they will use them for fuel. 10 They will not gather wood from the countryside or cut it from the forests, for they will use the weapons for fuel. They will loot those who looted them and plunder those who plundered them, declares the Lord GOD.
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