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20 Then the men of Ai looked behind them, and they saw smoke from the city rising to the sky; they had no power to flee this way or that,[a] and the people fleeing the wilderness turned around to the pursuers.[b] 21 And Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had captured the city and that the smoke of the city was rising; they returned and struck down the men of Ai. 22 Then the others from the city came out to meet them, and they found themselves surrounded by Israel,[c] some on one side, and others on the other side.[d] And they[e] struck them down until no survivor or fugitive was left.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 8:20 Literally “it was not in their hands to flee here and here”
  2. Joshua 8:20 Hebrew “pursuer”
  3. Joshua 8:22 Literally “they were in the middle of Israel”
  4. Joshua 8:22 Literally “these from these, and these from this”
  5. Joshua 8:22 That is, Israel