Joshua 8:17

Not a man was left in Ai or Bethel who did not go out after Israel, and in their pursuit of the Israelites they left the town unguarded.

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In The King James Version

And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.

In Context

16All the townsmen of Ai were called out to pursue them. They allowed themselves to be drawn away from the town.

18Then said the Lord to Joshua, “Stretch out the javelin in your hand towards Ai, for I put Ai in your power.”

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Cross References

Joshua 8:24When the Israelite had finished slaughtering the townsmen of Ai who had run into the desert and when they had cut them down, giving no quarter, all Israel then returned to Ai and sacked it.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 8:4-23

3 So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour, and sent them away by night. 4 And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready: 5 And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city: and it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them, 6 (For they will come out… Read the whole commentary →

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