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Joshua 8:17-19
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17 No men were left in Ai or Bethel;[a] they all went out after Israel.[b] They left the city wide open and chased Israel.

18 The Lord told Joshua, “Hold out toward Ai the curved sword[c] in your hand, for I am handing the city[d] over to you.” So Joshua held out toward Ai the curved sword in his hand. 19 When he held out his hand, the men waiting in ambush rose up quickly from their place and attacked.[e] They entered the city, captured it, and immediately set it on fire.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 8:17 tc The LXX omits the words “or Bethel.”
  2. Joshua 8:17 tn Heb “who did not go out after Israel.”
  3. Joshua 8:18 tn Traditionally “spear,” but see HALOT 472 s.v. כִּידוֹן, which argues based upon evidence from the Dead Sea Scrolls that this term refers to a curved sword of some type; note the definition “scimitar” given there.
  4. Joshua 8:18 tn Heb “it”; the referent (the city of Ai) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  5. Joshua 8:19 tn Heb “and ran.”
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