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Joshua 8:17

AiBethel (of Palestine)

15 And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

16 And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.

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.

18 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thine hand. And Joshua stretched out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city.

19 And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand: and they entered into the city, and took it, and hasted and set the city 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.

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Cross references

  • Joshua 11:20

    For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and that they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the LORD commanded Moses.

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  • Joshua 8:3

    So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour, and sent them away by night.

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  • Isaiah 19:11–13

    Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?

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  • Job 5:13

    He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.

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  • Deuteronomy 2:30

    But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.

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  • Joshua 8:24–25

    And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.

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