Joshua 8:17
8:17 No men were left in Ai or Bethel; 1 they all went out after Israel. 2 They left the city wide open and chased Israel.
Joshua 11:20
11:20 for the Lord determined to make them obstinate so they would attack Israel. He wanted Israel to annihilate them without mercy, as he had instructed Moses. 3
1 tc The LXX omits the words “or Bethel.”
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2 tn Heb “who did not go out after Israel.”
3 tn Heb “for from the Lord it was to harden their heart[s] to meet for the battle with Israel, in order to annihilate them, so that they would receive no mercy, in order annihilate them, as the Lord commanded Moses.”