And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.
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Interpretation
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.
Glossary
- Ai Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Et Tell.