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20 Then the men of Ai turned [a]back and looked, and behold, the smoke of the city ascended to the sky, and they had no place to flee this way or that, for the people who had been fleeing to the wilderness turned against the pursuers. 21 But Joshua and all Israel saw that the men in ambush had captured the city and that the smoke of the city ascended. So they turned back and struck down the men of Ai. 22 [b]And the others came out from the city to meet them, so that they were trapped in the midst of Israel, [c]some on this side and some on that side; and they struck them down until [d]there was (A)no one remaining for him who survived or escaped.

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  1. Joshua 8:20 Lit behind them
  2. Joshua 8:22 Lit These came
  3. Joshua 8:22 Lit these...those
  4. Joshua 8:22 Lit he had no one