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Joshua 8:26

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24 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.

25 A total of twelve thousand men and women fell that day—all the people of Ai.

Joshua did not draw back the hand that held his battle lance until he had devoted to destruction all who lived in Ai.

27 Israel took for themselves only the cattle and plunder of that city, as the LORD had commanded Joshua.

28 So Joshua burned Ai and made it a permanent heap of ruins, a desolation to this day.

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BSB
Joshua did not draw back the hand that held his battle lance until he had devoted to destruction all who lived in Ai.
KJV
For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
WEB
For Joshua didn’t draw back his hand, with which he stretched out the javelin, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
ASV
For Joshua drew not back his hand, wherewith he stretched out the javelin, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
DARBY
And Joshua did not draw back his hand, which he had stretched out with the javelin, until they had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
BLB
For Joshua did not draw back his hand with which he stretched out the battle lance until that he had devoted to destruction all those dwelling in Ai.
ÅB
Josva tok ikke til seg igjen hånden som han hadde rakt ut med spydet, før han hadde slått alle Ais innbyggere med bann.
OTB
For Josva trakk ikke tilbake hånden med hvilken han rakte ut spydet før han hadde fullstendig ødelagt alle innbyggerne i Ai.
B1930
Josva tok ikke til sig igjen hånden som han hadde rakt ut med spydet, før han hadde slått alle Ais innbyggere med bann.

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Cross references

  • Exodus 17:11–12

    As long as Moses held up his hands, Israel prevailed; but when he lowered them, Amalek prevailed.

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  • Joshua 8:18

    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,

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