Joshua 8:25

On that day twelve thousand were put to death, men and women, all the people of Ai.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

24Then, after the destruction of all the people of Ai in the field and in the waste land where they went after them, and when all the people had been put to death without mercy, all Israel went back to Ai, and put to death all who were in it without mercy.

26For Joshua did not take back his hand with the outstretched spear till the destruction of the people of Ai was complete.

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Matthew Henry on Joshua 8:24-30

23 And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua. 24 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. 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. 26 For Joshua drew not… Read the whole commentary →

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