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14 And when the kyng of Ai sawe it, they hasted and rose vp early, and the men of the citie went out agaynst Israel to battayle, he and all his people at a tyme appoynted, euen before the playne: and wyst not that there were lyers in wayte agaynst him on the backsyde of the citie. 15 And Iosuah & all Israel as beaten before them, fledde by the way of the wildernesse. 16 And all the people of the towne were called together, to folowe after them: And they folowed after Iosuah, and were drawen away from the citie. 17 And there was not a man left in Ai and in Bethel, that went not out after Israel: And they left the citie open, and folowed after Israel. Joshua 8:14-17, Bishops' Bible of 1568. Public domain.
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