# Joshua 8

## Verse Summary

NIV2011 verse same as 1984 | 23 | 65.71%
NIV2011 verse same as tNIV | 10 | 28.57%
NIV2011 rejected tNIV, reverted to NIV1984 |  | %
NIV2011 verse verse is new | 2 | 5.71%

## Word Summary

NIV2011 words same as 1984 | 461 | 91.2%
NIV2011 changed words | 45 | 8.8%
NIV2011 removed words | 40 |
NIV2011 added words | 49 |

## Changes

| Result | NIV1984 | tNIV(2005) | NIV2011
8:10 | tNIV | Early the next morning Joshua mustered his men, and he and the leaders of Israel marched before them to Ai. | Early the next morning Joshua mustered his men army, and he and the leaders of Israel marched before them to Ai. | Early the next morning Joshua mustered his men army, and he and the leaders of Israel marched before them to Ai.
8:13 | tNIV | They had the soldiers take up their positions—all those in the camp to the north of the city and the ambush to the west of it. That night Joshua went into the valley. | They had So the soldiers take took up their positions— all those in with the main camp to the north of the city and the ambush to the west of it. That night Joshua went into the valley. | They had So the soldiers take took up their positions— all those in with the main camp to the north of the city and the ambush to the west of it. That night Joshua went into the valley.
8:15 | tNIV | Joshua and all Israel let themselves be driven back before them, and they fled toward the desert. | Joshua and all Israel let themselves be driven back before them, and they fled toward the desert wilderness. | Joshua and all Israel let themselves be driven back before them, and they fled toward the desert wilderness.
8:18 | tNIV | Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Hold out toward Ai the javelin that is in your hand, for into your hand I will deliver the city.” So Joshua held out his javelin toward Ai. | Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Hold out toward Ai the javelin that is in your hand, for into your hand I will deliver the city.” So Joshua held out toward the city the javelin that was in his javelin toward Ai hand. | Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Hold out toward Ai the javelin that is in your hand, for into your hand I will deliver the city.” So Joshua held out toward the city the javelin that was in his javelin toward Ai hand.
8:20 | NIV2011 | The men of Ai looked back and saw the smoke of the city rising against the sky, but they had no chance to escape in any direction, for the Israelites who had been fleeing toward the desert had turned back against their pursuers. | The men of Ai looked back and saw the smoke of the city rising against the sky, but they had no chance to escape in any direction, for; the Israelites who had been fleeing toward the desert wilderness had turned back against their pursuers. | The men of Ai looked back and saw the smoke of the city rising against up into the sky, but they had no chance to escape in any direction, for; the Israelites who had been fleeing toward the desert wilderness had turned back against their pursuers.
8:21 | tNIV | For when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city and that smoke was going up from the city, they turned around and attacked the men of Ai. | For when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city and that smoke was going up from the city it, they turned around and attacked the men of Ai. | For when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city and that smoke was going up from the city it, they turned around and attacked the men of Ai.
8:22 | tNIV | The men of the ambush also came out of the city against them, so that they were caught in the middle, with Israelites on both sides. Israel cut them down, leaving them neither survivors nor fugitives. | The men of Those in the ambush also came out of the city against them, so that they were caught in the middle, with Israelites on both sides. Israel cut them down, leaving them neither survivors nor fugitives. | The men of Those in the ambush also came out of the city against them, so that they were caught in the middle, with Israelites on both sides. Israel cut them down, leaving them neither survivors nor fugitives.
8:24 | tNIV | When Israel had finished killing all the men of Ai in the fields and in the desert where they had chased them, and when every one of them had been put to the sword, all the Israelites returned to Ai and killed those who were in it. | When Israel had finished killing all the men of Ai in the fields and in the desert wilderness where they had chased them, and when every one of them had been put to the sword, all the Israelites returned to Ai and killed those who were in it. | When Israel had finished killing all the men of Ai in the fields and in the desert wilderness where they had chased them, and when every one of them had been put to the sword, all the Israelites returned to Ai and killed those who were in it.
8:29 | tNIV | He hung the king of Ai on a tree and left him there until evening. At sunset, Joshua ordered them to take his body from the tree and throw it down at the entrance of the city gate. And they raised a large pile of rocks over it, which remains to this day. | He hung impaled the body of the king of Ai on a tree pole and left him it there until evening. At sunset, Joshua ordered them to take his the body from the tree pole and throw it down at the entrance of the city gate. And they raised a large pile of rocks over it, which remains to this day. | He hung impaled the body of the king of Ai on a tree pole and left him it there until evening. At sunset, Joshua ordered them to take his the body from the tree pole and throw it down at the entrance of the city gate. And they raised a large pile of rocks over it, which remains to this day.
8:32 | NIV2011 | There, in the presence of the Israelites, Joshua copied on stones the law of Moses, which he had written. | There, in the presence of the Israelites, Joshua copied on stones the law of Moses, which he had written. | There, in the presence of the Israelites, Joshua copied wrote on stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he had written.
8:33 | tNIV | All Israel, aliens and citizens alike, with their elders, officials and judges, were standing on both sides of the ark of the covenant of the LORD, facing those who carried it—the priests, who were Levites. Half of the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the LORD had formerly commanded when he gave instructions to bless the people of Israel. | All Israel the Israelites, aliens and citizens alike, with their elders, officials and judges, were standing on both sides of the ark of the covenant of the LORD, facing those the Levitical priests who carried it—. Both the foreigners living among them and the priests, who native-born were Levites there. Half of the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the LORD had formerly commanded when he gave instructions to bless the people of Israel. | All Israel the Israelites, aliens and citizens alike, with their elders, officials and judges, were standing on both sides of the ark of the covenant of the LORD, facing those the Levitical priests who carried it—. Both the foreigners living among them and the priests, who native-born were Levites there. Half of the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the LORD had formerly commanded when he gave instructions to bless the people of Israel.
8:35 | tNIV | There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded that Joshua did not read to the whole assembly of Israel, including the women and children, and the aliens who lived among them. | There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded that Joshua did not read to the whole assembly of Israel, including the women and children, and the aliens foreigners who lived among them. | There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded that Joshua did not read to the whole assembly of Israel, including the women and children, and the aliens foreigners who lived among them.