26 Joshua did not draw back his hand with the stretched-out sword until he destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
27 Israel plundered only the livestock and the spoil of that city for themselves, according to the word of the Lord that He had commanded Joshua.
28 Joshua burned Ai and made it a heap forever, a desolation to this day.
29 The king of Ai hanged on a tree until evening. At sunset, Joshua commanded that the people take down the body from the tree and throw it down at the city gate. They erected a large heap of stones over it that remains to this day.
30 Then Joshua built an altar to the Lord God of Israel on Mount Ebal,
31 as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded the children of Israel. As is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, it was “an altar of uncut stones not shaped by iron tools.” They sacrificed burnt offerings to the Lord on it, as well as peace offerings.
32 There in the presence of the children of Israel he wrote a copy of the Law of Moses on the stones.