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Joshua 8:24

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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.

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  1. Joshua 8:22

    And the other issued out of the city against them; so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: and they smote them, so that they let none of them remain or escape.

  2. Joshua 8:23

    And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.

  3. Joshua 8:25

    And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.

  4. Joshua 8:26

    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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