Joshua 8:25
And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.
Joshua 8:25 in other translations
| BSB | A total of twelve thousand men and women fell that day—all the people of Ai. |
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| WEB | All that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the people of Ai. |
| ASV | And all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai. |
| YLT | and all who fall during the day, of men and of women, are twelve thousand--all men of Ai. |
| DARBY | And so it was, that all who fell that day, men as well as women, were twelve thousand, all the people of Ai. |
| BBE | On that day twelve thousand were put to death, men and women, all the people of Ai. |
| Webster | And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai. |
What does Joshua 8:25 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 8:18-25
18-25. Joshua stretched out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city--The uplifted spear had probably a flag, or streamer on it, to render it the more conspicuous from the height where he stood. At the sight of this understood signal the ambush nearest the city, informed by their scouts, made a sudden rush and took possession of the city, telegraphing to their brethren by raising a smoke from the walls…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 8:23-29
God, the righteous Judge, had sentenced the Canaanites for their wickedness; the Israelites only executed his doom. None of their conduct can be drawn into an example for others. Especial reason no doubt there was for this severity to the king of Ai; it is likely he had been notoriously wicked and vile, and a blasphemer of the God of Israel.
Joshua 8:25 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Joshua 8:25
- Deuteronomy 20:16-18
But of the cities of these people, which the Lord thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth: But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee: That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the Lord your God.
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Context
- Joshua 8:24
And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.
- Joshua 8:25
And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.
- Joshua 8:26
For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
Joshua 8:25 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y el número de los que cayeron aquel día, hombres y mujeres, fué doce mil, todos los de Hai. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et tous ceux qui tombèrent ce jour-là, hommes ou femmes, furent 12 000, tous les gens d’Aï. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und alle an selbigem Tage Gefallenen, sowohl Männer als Weiber, waren zwölftausend, alle Leute von Ai. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Erant autem qui in eodem die conciderant a viro usque ad mulierem, duodecim millia hominum, omnes urbis Hai. |