He said,“ Roll some large rocks up to the opening of the cave. Put some men there to guard it.

约书亚说：“你们把几块大石头滚到洞口，派人看守，

约书亚说：“你们把几块大石头滚到洞口，派人在那里看守他们。

约书亚说：“你们把几块大石头滚到洞口，派人在那里看守他们。

约书亚便下令说：“滚几块大石头堵住洞口，派人看守。

约书亚说：“你们把几块大石头辊到洞口那里去，并派人到洞口去看守他们。

約書亞說：「你們把幾塊大石頭滾到洞口，派人看守，

約書亞說：「你們把幾塊大石頭滾到洞口，派人在那裏看守他們。

約書亞說：「你們把幾塊大石頭滾到洞口，派人在那裏看守他們。

約書亞便下令說：「滾幾塊大石頭堵住洞口，派人看守。

約書亞說：“你們把幾塊大石頭輥到洞口那裡去，並派人到洞口去看守他們。

約書亞說：『把幾塊大石頭輥到洞口，派人看守着。

約書亞曰、轉大石於穴口、使人守之、

約書亞曰、移大石塞穴、使人守之、

約書亞命曰、轉大石於穴口、令人守之、

he said,“ Roll large rocks up to the mouth of the cave, and post some men there to guard it.

And Joshua said,“ Roll large stones against the mouth of the cave and set men by it to guard them,

he issued this command:“ Cover the opening of the cave with large rocks, and place guards at the entrance to keep the kings inside.

Joshua said,“ Roll large stones against the mouth of the cave, and station men by it to guard the kings.

So Joshua said,“ Roll large stones against the mouth of the cave, and post men by it to guard them,

So Joshua said,“ Roll large stones against the mouth of the cave, and set men by it to guard them.

And Joshua said, Roll great stones unto the mouth of the cave, and set men by it to keep them:

Joshua said,“ Roll large stones against the mouth of the cave, and station men by it to guard the kings.

And Joshua said, Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave, and set men by it for to keep them:

Joshua said,“ Roll large stones over the mouth of the cave and post guards in front of it.

Joshua said,“ Roll large stones to cover the cave’s entrance, and set men by it to guard them;

So they went and made the tomb secure. They put a royal seal on the stone and placed some guards on duty.

They’ll tell you that sinful people are spared from the day of trouble. They’ll say that those people are saved from the day when God will judge.

I saw the Lord standing next to the altar in the temple. He said to me,“ Strike the tops of the temple pillars. Then the heavy stones at the base of the entrance will shake. Bring everything down on the heads of everyone there. I will kill with my swords those who are left alive. None of the Israelites will escape. None will get away.

Joshua said,“ Open up the cave. Bring those five kings out to me.”

It will be like a man running away from a lion only to meet a bear. He enters his house and rests his hand on a wall only to be bitten by a snake.

The citizens in the tower of Shechem heard about what was happening. So they went to the safest place in the temple of the god named El- Berith.Abimelek heard that they had gathered together there.He and all his men went up Mount Zalmon. He got an ax and cut off some branches. He carried them on his shoulders. He ordered the men with him to do the same thing.“ Quick!” he said.“ Do what you have seen me do!”So all the men cut branches and followed Abimelek. They piled them against the place where the people had gone for safety. Then they set the place on fire with the people still inside. There were about 1,000 men and women in the tower of Shechem. All of them died.