Joshua 8:26

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Joshua 8:26

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Joshua did not draw back the hand that held his battle lance until he had devoted to destruction all who lived in Ai.

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KJV

King James Version

For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.

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WEB

World English Bible

For Joshua didn’t draw back his hand, with which he stretched out the javelin, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.

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ASV

American Standard Version

For Joshua drew not back his hand, wherewith he stretched out the javelin, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.

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Berean Literal Bible

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Joshua 8

²⁴ When Israel had finished killing all the men of Ai who had pursued them into the field and wilderness, and when every last one of them had fallen by the sword, all the Israelites returned to Ai and put it to the sword as well.

²⁵ A total of twelve thousand men and women fell that day—all the people of Ai.

²⁶ Joshua did not draw back the hand that held his battle lance until he had devoted to destruction all who lived in Ai.

²⁷ Israel took for themselves only the cattle and plunder of that city, as the LORD had commanded Joshua.

²⁸ So Joshua burned Ai and made it a permanent heap of ruins, a desolation to this day.

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