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Joshua 8:25

Ai

23 And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.

24 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.

And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.

26 For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.

27 Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey unto themselves, according unto the word of the LORD which he commanded Joshua.

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BSB
A total of twelve thousand men and women fell that day—all the people of Ai.
KJV
And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.
WEB
All that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the people of Ai.
ASV
And all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.
DARBY
And so it was, that all who fell that day, men as well as women, were twelve thousand, all the people of Ai.
BLB
And all who fell that day, from man and to woman, were two [and] ten thousand—all the men of Ai.
ÅB
Og de som falt på den dag, menn og kvinner, var tolv tusen, alle Ais innbyggere.
OTB
Den dagen omkom tolv tusen menn og kvinner av Ai—alle dets folk.
B1930
Og de som falt på den dag, menn og kvinner, var tolv tusen, alle Ais innbyggere.

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