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Joshua 8:24

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8:24When Israel had finished killing all the men40 of Ai who had chased them toward the desert41 (they all fell by the sword),42 all Israel returned to Ai and put the sword to it.

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Footnotes

  1. 40 Heb “residents.”
  2. 41 Heb “in the field, in the desert in which they chased them.”
  3. 42 Heb “and all of them fell by the edge of the sword until they were destroyed.” The omits the words, “and all of them fell by the edge of the sword.” They may represent a later scribal addition.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

When Israel had finished killing all the inhabitants of Ai in the open wilderness where they pursued them, and all of them to the very last had fallen by the edge of the sword, all Israel returned to Ai and struck it down with the edge of the sword.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

When Israel had finished killing all the men of Ai in the fields and in the wilderness where they had chased them, and when every one of them had been put to the sword, all the Israelites returned to Ai and killed those who were in it.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

When Israel had finished killing everyone living in Ai who had pursued them into the open country, and when every last one of them had fallen by the sword, all Israel returned to Ai and struck it down with the sword.

NLTNew Living Translation

When the Israelite army finished chasing and killing all the men of Ai in the open fields, they went back and finished off everyone inside.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

When Israel finished slaughtering all the inhabitants of Ai in the open field, in the wilderness where they pursued them, and when all of them had fallen by the edge of the sword until they all had perished, all Israel returned to Ai and attacked it with the edge of the sword.

KJV 1900King James Version

And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.