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Joshua 8:15-17
New English Translation
Joshua 8:15-17
New English Translation
15 Joshua and all Israel pretended to be defeated by them, and they retreated along the way to the wilderness. 16 All the reinforcements[a] in Ai[b] were ordered[c] to chase them; they chased Joshua and were lured away from the city. 17 No men were left in Ai or Bethel;[d] they all went out after Israel.[e] They left the city wide open and chased Israel.
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- Joshua 8:16 tn Heb “All the people.”
- Joshua 8:16 tc Some textual witnesses read “the city.”
- Joshua 8:16 tn Or “were summoned”; or “were mustered.”
- Joshua 8:17 tc The LXX omits the words “or Bethel.”
- Joshua 8:17 tn Heb “who did not go out after Israel.”
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