Joshua 8:17
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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.

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Joshua 8:3, 24, 25 So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valor...

Joshua 11:20 For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly...

Deuteronomy 2:30 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the LORD your God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate...

Job 5:13 He takes the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the fraudulent is carried headlong.

Isaiah 19:11-13 Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say you to Pharaoh...

Bethel Bethel is not mentioned in the Greek version, and some, with Houbigant and Pilkington, think it was not originally in the Hebrew; because, had the men of Bethel pursued, as well as those of Ai, it would have been said that they left the cities, and not the city open. The principal strength of Bethel might have been previously taken into Ai, as the strongest place to make a stand in; Bethel being but about three miles westward from Ai.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Not a man was left in Ai or Bethel who did not go out after Israel, leaving the city exposed while they pursued Israel.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
So not a man was left in Ai or Bethel who had not gone out after Israel, and they left the city unguarded and pursued Israel.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
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.

International Standard Version (©2012)
There wasn't a single man left in Ai or Bethel who didn't run out after Israel. They left the city open and pursued Israel.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
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.

American 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.

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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And not one remained in the city of Hai and of Bethel, that did not pursue after Israel, leaving the towns open as they had rushed out,

Darby Bible 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.

English Revised 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.

Webster's Bible Translation
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 Israel.

World English Bible
There was not a man left in Ai or Beth El who didn't go out after Israel. They left the city open, and pursued 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.

Joshua 8:16 And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.


Joshua 8:18 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thine hand. And Joshua stretched out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city.

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

So not a man was left in Ai or Bethel who had not gone out after Israel, and they left the city unguarded and pursued Israel. —NASB

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. —KJV


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Ai Beth Bethel Beth-El City El Israel Leave Open Pursue Pursued Pursuit Unguarded

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Joshua Chapter 8 Verse 17

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