Joshua 8:27

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Joshua 8:27

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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

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KJV

King James Version

Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey unto themselves, according unto the word of the LORD which he commanded Joshua.

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WEB

World English Bible

Israel took for themselves only the livestock and the goods of that city, according to the LORD’s word which he commanded Joshua.

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ASV

American Standard Version

Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for prey unto themselves, according unto the word of Jehovah which he commanded Joshua.

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Berean Literal Bible

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Joshua 8

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.

²⁹ He hung the king of Ai on a tree until evening, and at sunset Joshua commanded that they take down the body from the tree and throw it down at the entrance of the city gate. And over it they raised a large pile of rocks, which remains to this day.

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