then you shall tell them that the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord. When it passed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. So these stones shall be to the people of Israel a memorial forever.”

so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the Lord is mighty, that you may fear the Lord your God forever.”

So Joshua burned Ai and made it forever a heap of ruins, as it is to this day.

And Moses swore on that day, saying, ‘Surely the land on which your foot has trodden shall be an inheritance for you and your children forever, because you have wholly followed the Lord my God.’