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Joshua 8:17

AiBethel (of Palestine)

15 Joshua and all Israel let themselves be beaten back before them, and they fled toward the wilderness.

16 Then all the men of Ai were summoned to pursue them, and they followed Joshua and were drawn away from the city.

Not a man was left in Ai or Bethel who did not go out after Israel, leaving the city wide open while they pursued Israel.

18 Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Hold out your battle lance toward Ai, for into your hand I will deliver the city.” So Joshua held out his battle lance toward Ai,

19 and as soon as he did so, the men in ambush rose quickly from their position. They rushed forward, entered the city, captured it, and immediately set it on fire.

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BSB
Not a man was left in Ai or Bethel who did not go out after Israel, leaving the city wide open while they pursued Israel.
KJV
And there was not a man left in Ai or Beth-el, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
WEB
There was not a man left in Ai or Bethel who didn’t go out after Israel. They left the city open, and pursued Israel.
ASV
And there was not a man left in Ai or Beth-el, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
DARBY
And not a man remained in Ai and Bethel that went not out after Israel; and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
BLB
And there was left not a man in Ai and Bethel who did not go out after Israel. And they left the city open and pursued after Israel.
ÅB
Det ble ikke en mann tilbake i Ai og Betel; for de dro alle ut etter Israel; de lot byen ligge åpen etter seg og forfulgte Israel.
OTB
Ikke en mann ble igjen i Ai eller Betel som ikke gikk etter Israel, og de etterlot byen åpen mens de forfulgte Israel.
B1930
Det blev ikke en mann tilbake i Ai og Betel; for de drog alle ut efter Israel; de lot byen ligge åpen efter sig og forfulgte Israel.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Joshua 11:20

    For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts to engage Israel in battle, so that they would be set apart for destruction and would receive no mercy, being annihilated as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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  • Joshua 8:3

    So Joshua and the whole army set out to attack Ai. Joshua chose 30,000 mighty men of valor and sent them out at night

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  • Isaiah 19:11–13

    The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”?

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  • Job 5:13

    He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.

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  • Deuteronomy 2:30

    But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through, for the LORD your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into your hand, as is the case this day.

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  • Joshua 8:24–25

    When Israel had finished killing all the men of Ai who had pursued them into the field and wilderness, and when every last one of them had fallen by the sword, all the Israelites returned to Ai and put it to the sword as well.

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