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Joshua 8:16-18
New English Translation
Joshua 8:16-18
New English Translation
16 All the reinforcements[a] in Ai[b] were ordered[c] to chase them; they chased Joshua and were lured away from the city. 17 No men were left in Ai or Bethel;[d] they all went out after Israel.[e] They left the city wide open and chased Israel.
18 The Lord told Joshua, “Hold out toward Ai the curved sword[f] in your hand, for I am handing the city[g] over to you.” So Joshua held out toward Ai the curved sword in his hand.
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- Joshua 8:16 tn Heb “All the people.”
- Joshua 8:16 tc Some textual witnesses read “the city.”
- Joshua 8:16 tn Or “were summoned”; or “were mustered.”
- Joshua 8:17 tc The LXX omits the words “or Bethel.”
- Joshua 8:17 tn Heb “who did not go out after Israel.”
- Joshua 8:18 tn Traditionally “spear,” but see HALOT 472 s.v. כִּידוֹן, which argues based upon evidence from the Dead Sea Scrolls that this term refers to a curved sword of some type; note the definition “scimitar” given there.
- Joshua 8:18 tn Heb “it”; the referent (the city of Ai) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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