Yosua 8:20

8:20 When the men of Ai turned around, they saw ¹  the smoke from the city ascending into the sky and were so shocked they were unable to flee in any direction. ²  In the meantime the men who were retreating to the desert turned against their pursuers.

Yosua 10:27

10:27 At sunset Joshua ordered his men to take them down from the trees. ³  They threw them into the cave where they had hidden and piled large stones over the mouth of the cave. (They remain to this very day.) ⁴ 

[8:20]  ¹ tn Heb “and they saw, and look.” The Hebrew term הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”) draws attention to the scene and invites the audience to view the events from the perspective of the men of Ai.

[8:20]  ² tn Heb “and there was not in them hands to flee here or there.” The Hebrew term יָדַיִם (yadayim, “hands”) is idiomatic for “strength.”

[10:27]  ³ sn For the legal background of the removal of the corpses before sundown, see Deut 21:22-23.

[10:27]  ⁴ tn Heb “to this very day.” The words “They remain” are supplied in the translation for clarification.