Joshua 8:17 “Not a man was left in Ai or Bethel who did not go out after Israel, le…”

Joshua 8:17

Not a man was left in Ai or Bethel who did not go out after Israel, leaving the city wide open while they pursued Israel.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

There was not a man left in Ai or Bethel who didn’t go out after Israel. They left the city open, and pursued Israel.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

So that there was not a man left in Ai, nor in Beth-el, that went not out after Israel: and they left the citie open, and pursued after Israel.

Darby Translation

And not a man remained in Ai and Bethel that went not out after Israel; and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.

Young's Literal Translation

and there hath not been left a man in Ai and Bethel who hath not gone out after Israel, and they leave the city open, and pursue after Israel.

Bible in Basic English

There was not a man in Ai and Beth-el who did not go out after Israel; and the town was open and unwatched while they went after Israel.

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Cross references

“a man”

Joshua 8:3 Joshua 11:20 Deuteronomy 2:30 Job 5:13 Isaiah 19:11–13 Joshua 8:24

Joshua 8:3 · BSB

So Joshua and the whole army set out to attack Ai. Joshua chose 30,000 mighty men of valor and sent them out at night

Joshua 11:20 · BSB

For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts to engage Israel in battle, so that they would be set apart for destruction and would receive no mercy, being annihilated as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Deuteronomy 2:30 · BSB

But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through, for the LORD your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into your hand, as is the case this day.

Job 5:13 · BSB

He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.

Isaiah 19:11–13 · BSB

The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”?

Joshua 8:24 · BSB

When Israel had finished killing all the men of Ai who had pursued them into the field and wilderness, and when every last one of them had fallen by the sword, all the Israelites returned to Ai and put it to the sword as…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

16Then all the men of Ai were summoned to pursue them, and they followed Joshua and were drawn away from the city.

18Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Hold out your battle lance toward Ai, for into your hand I will deliver the city.” So Joshua held out his battle lance toward Ai,

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