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Joshua 8:26-28
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Joshua 8:26-28
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
26 For Joshua did not draw back his hand, with which he stretched out the javelin, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai. 27 Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took as their booty, according to the word of the Lord which he commanded Joshua. 28 So Joshua burned Ai, and made it for ever a heap of ruins, as it is to this day.
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Joshua 8:26-28
New International Version
Joshua 8:26-28
New International Version
26 For Joshua did not draw back the hand that held out his javelin(A) until he had destroyed[a](B) all who lived in Ai.(C) 27 But Israel did carry off for themselves the livestock and plunder of this city, as the Lord had instructed Joshua.(D)
28 So Joshua burned(E) Ai[b](F) and made it a permanent heap of ruins,(G) a desolate place to this day.(H)
Footnotes
- Joshua 8:26 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.
- Joshua 8:28 Ai means the ruin.
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