Joshua 8:25

25 Twelve thousand men and women fell that day—all the people of Ai.

Joshua 8:25 in Other Translations

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.

25 And all who fell that day, both men and women, were 12,000, all the people of Ai.

25 So the entire population of Ai, including men and women, was wiped out that day—12,000 in all.

25 The death toll that day came to 12,000 men and women - everyone in Ai.

25 The total of those who fell that day, both men and women, was 12,000-all the people of Ai.

Joshua 8:25 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 8:25

And [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 ( Joshua 7:3 ) .

Joshua 8:25 In-Context

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

24 When Israel had finished killing all the men of Ai in the fields and in the wilderness where they had chased them, and when every one of them had been put to the sword, all the Israelites returned to Ai and killed those who were in it.

25 Twelve thousand men and women fell that day—all the people of Ai.

26 For Joshua did not draw back the hand that held out his javelin until he had destroyed all who lived in Ai.

27 But Israel did carry off for themselves the livestock and plunder of this city, as the LORD had instructed Joshua.

Cross References

• 1. Deuteronomy 20:16-18