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Joshua 10:26

And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.

KJV

Percussitque Josue, et interfecit eos, atque suspendit super quinque stipites : fueruntque suspensi usque ad vesperum.

Vulgate

καὶ ἀπέκτεινεν αὐτοὺς Ἰησοῦς, καὶ ἐκρέμασεν αὐτοὺς ἐπὶ πέντε ξύλων· καὶ ἦσαν κρεμάμενοι ἐπὶ τῶν ξύλων ἕως ἑσπέρας.

LXX

And afterward Joshua smote them, and put them to death, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.

ASV

וַ/יַּכֵּ֨/ם יְהוֹשֻׁ֤עַ אַֽחֲרֵי כֵן֙ וַ/יְמִיתֵ֔/ם וַ/יִּתְלֵ֕/ם עַ֖ל חֲמִשָּׁ֣ה עֵצִ֑ים וַ/יִּֽהְי֛וּ תְּלוּיִ֥ם עַל הָ/עֵצִ֖ים עַד הָ/עָֽרֶב

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

הוּ
hv
verb · 834×
ו
v
noun · 717×
חֲמֵ֥שׁ
chmsh
adjective · 344×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ
yhvsh'
proper_noun · 218×
כֵ֗ן
kn
adjective · 767×
ם
m
verb · 499×
ם
m
verb · 29×
עֵ֣ץ
'ts
noun · 324×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
עָֽרֶב
'rb
noun · 134×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 21:23 — His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth
  • Gal 3:13 — Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
  • John 19:31 — The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might b
  • Josh 8:29 — And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate o