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Joshua 8:23-25
New English Translation
Joshua 8:23-25
New English Translation
23 But they captured the king of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua.
24 When Israel had finished killing all the men[a] of Ai who had chased them toward the wilderness[b] (they all fell by the sword),[c] all Israel returned to Ai and put the sword to it. 25 So 12,000 men and women died[d] that day, including all the men of Ai.
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- Joshua 8:24 tn Heb “residents.”
- Joshua 8:24 tn Heb “in the field, in the wilderness in which they chased them.”
- Joshua 8:24 tc Heb “and all of them fell by the edge of the sword until they were destroyed.” The LXX omits the words, “and all of them fell by the edge of the sword.” They may represent a later scribal addition.
- Joshua 8:25 tn Heb “fell.”
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