¹⁸ Then the Lord said to Joshua, ^(A)“Stretch out the javelin that is in your hand toward Ai, for I will give it into your hand.” And Joshua stretched out the javelin that was in his hand toward the city.

²⁶ But Joshua did not draw back his hand with which he ^(A)stretched out the javelin until he had devoted all the inhabitants of Ai to destruction.^[a]