Joshua 8:17 meaning and explanation
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.
Joshua 8:17, Berean Standard Bible
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Joshua 8 narrates Israel's second attack on Ai after the earlier defeat, and verse 17 sits at the hinge of the ambush. The narrator reports that every fighting man of Ai and Bethel had streamed out after the apparently retreating Israelites, so the city stood undefended.
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