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Joshua 8:20
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And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.
And when the men {H582} of Ai {H5857} looked {H6437} behind {H310} them, they saw {H7200}, and, behold, the smoke {H6227} of the city {H5892} ascended up {H5927} to heaven {H8064}, and they had no power {H3027} to flee {H5127} this way or that way {H2008}: and the people {H5971} that fled {H5127} to the wilderness {H4057} turned back {H2015} upon the pursuers {H7291}.
When the men of 'Ai looked behind them, they saw it - there was the smoke from the city, rising to the sky; and they had no power to flee this way or that - at which point the people who had run off toward the desert turned back on the pursuers.
When the men of Ai turned and looked back, the smoke of the city was rising into the sky. They could not escape in any direction, and the troops who had fled to the wilderness now became the pursuers.
And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.
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