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... > Bible > Old Testament > Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua: from the bondage of the Israelites in Egypt to their settlement in Canaan > the book of Joshua (Josue) > the conquest of Canaan by the Israelites under Joshua's leadership (part I) > the city of Ai taken by stratagem (Joshua 8:1-29) > when the king of Ai comes out to fight the Israelites, they retreat and pretend to flee from the enemy > as Joshua points his spear at Ai, the men who were lying in ambush storm the city, capture it and set it on fire; Joshua and his men turn round and kill the men of Ai

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71E52631as Joshua points his spear at Ai, the men who were lying in ambush storm the city, capture it and set it on fire; Joshua and his men turn round and kill the men of Ai  

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  • Ai
  • Ai (king of)
  • attacking
  • bible
  • burning (city)
  • Canaan
  • capturing (city)
  • conquering
  • fighting
  • Israelites
  • Joshua
  • Joshua 08
  • king
  • massacre
  • Old Testament
  • retreating
  • spear
  • stratagem

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