Joshua 8:25
in Joshua 8A total of twelve thousand men and women fell that day—all the people of Ai.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.
KJV
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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This verse in Joshua 8
Commentary
3 notes on this verseAnd so it was, that all that fell that day,.... Partly in the city, and partly in the field, both by the ambush and the army: both of men and women: were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai; so that the city was not a very large one, and the numbers of inhabitants were comparatively but few, as in Jos 7:3.
This site's exposition
king of Ai they took
on Joshua 8:23-25
Twelve thousand is the whole population, men and women counted together, so the spies at 7:3 were right that the town was small. What they had wrong was what the size of a town had to do with the outcome, since the defeat came from the accursed thing named at 7:11. Clarke reads verse 24 of those left inside, the women and children and old men, since the fighting strength had gone out after Israel.
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It was a federal transaction: the covenant was now renewed between God and Israel upon their taking possession of the land of promise, that they might be encouraged in the conquest of it, and might know upon what terms they held it, and come under fresh obligations to obedience. In token of the covenant, I. They built an altar, and offered sacrifice to God (
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The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְהִי֩ | vayhi | and it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| כָל־ | khol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַנֹּ֨פְלִ֜ים | hanofelim | those [who] fell | H5307 → | 435 times |
| בַּיּ֤וֹם | baiyom | on the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַהוּא֙ | hahu' | <the> that | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| מֵאִ֣ישׁ | meish | from man | H376 → | 1663 times |
| וְעַד־ | vead- | and unto | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| אִשָּׁ֔ה | ʾishah | woman | H802 → | 781 times |
| שְׁנֵ֥ים | sheneim | two [plus] | H8147 → | 768 times |
| עָשָׂ֖ר | ʾasar | ten | H6240 → | 338 times |
| אָ֑לֶף | ʾalef | thousand | H505 → | 505 times |
| כֹּ֖ל | kol | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אַנְשֵׁ֥י | ʾanshei | [the] people of | H582 → | 566 times |
| הָעָֽי׃ | haai | <the> Ai | H5857 → | 40 times |
וַיְהִי֩and it was
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
כָל־all
khol-H3605 →5413 times
הַנֹּ֨פְלִ֜יםthose [who] fell
hanofelimH5307 →435 times
בַּיּ֤וֹםon the day
baiyomH3117 →2304 times
הַהוּא֙<the> that
hahu'H1931 →1879 times
מֵאִ֣ישׁfrom man
meishH376 →1663 times
וְעַד־and unto
vead-H5704 →1261 times
אִשָּׁ֔הwoman
ʾishahH802 →781 times
שְׁנֵ֥יםtwo [plus]
sheneimH8147 →768 times
עָשָׂ֖רten
ʾasarH6240 →338 times
אָ֑לֶףthousand
ʾalefH505 →505 times
כֹּ֖לall
kolH3605 →5413 times
אַנְשֵׁ֥י[the] people of
ʾansheiH582 →566 times
הָעָֽי׃<the> Ai
haaiH5857 →40 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About Joshua
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.