²⁰ And the men^◦ of Ai turned· their ·faces behind them, and they saw, and behold, the smoke of the city went·​·up to the heavens, and they had no^◦ power^* to flee hither and thither; and the people who fled to the wilderness turned on the pursuers.

⁹ Have I not commanded thee? Be·​·firm and have·​·courage; be not terrified, neither be· thou ·dismayed; for Jehovah thy God is with thee, in all the ways in which thou goest.