Joshua 8:21

21 For when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city and that smoke was going up from it, they turned around and attacked the men of Ai.

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Joshua 8:21 in Other Translations

KJV

21 And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and slew the men of Ai.

ESV

21 And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had captured the city, and that the smoke of the city went up, then they turned back and struck down the men of Ai.

NLT

21 When Joshua and all the other Israelites saw that the ambush had succeeded and that smoke was rising from the town, they turned and attacked the men of Ai.

MSG

21 The army on the run toward the wilderness did an about-face - Joshua and all Israel, seeing that the ambush had taken the city, saw it going up in smoke, turned and attacked the men of Ai.

CSB

21 When Joshua and all Israel saw that the [men in] ambush had captured the city and that smoke was rising from it, they turned back and struck down the men of Ai.

Joshua 8:21 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 8:21

And when Joshua
Or "for Joshua" ^F26:

and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city;
which they knew by the smoke, as follows:

and that the smoke of the city ascended;
in large columns, which sufficiently indicated that the whole city was taken and fired by the ambush:

then,
or, "and",

they turned again and slew the men of Ai;
great numbers of them.

FOOTNOTES:

F26 (evwhyw) "et enim Josua", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; so Masius.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Joshua 8:21 In-Context

19 As soon as he did this, the men in the ambush rose quickly from their position and rushed forward. They entered the city and captured it and quickly set it on fire.

20 The men of Ai looked back and saw the smoke of the city rising up into the sky, but they had no chance to escape in any direction; the Israelites who had been fleeing toward the wilderness had turned back against their pursuers.

21 For when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city and that smoke was going up from it, they turned around and attacked the men of Ai.

22 Those in the ambush also came out of the city against them, so that they were caught in the middle, with Israelites on both sides. Israel cut them down, leaving them neither survivors nor fugitives.

23 But they took the king of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua.

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