28. Then Joshua burned the city of Ai. That city became an empty pile of rocks. It is still like that today.
29. Joshua hanged the king of Ai on a tree and left him hanging there until evening. At sunset Joshua told his men to take the king’s body down from the tree. They threw his body down at the city gate. Then they covered the body with many rocks. That pile of rocks is still there today.
30. Then Joshua built an altar for the Lord, the God of Israel. He built the altar on Mount Ebal.
31. The Lord’S servant Moses told the Israelites how to build altars. So Joshua built the altar the way it was explained in the Book of the Law of Moses. The altar was made from stones that were not cut. No tool had ever been used on those stones. They offered burnt offerings to the Lord on that altar. They also gave fellowship offerings.