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Joshua 8:26
World English Bible British Edition · Berean Standard Bible
For Joshua didn’t draw back his hand, with which he stretched out the javelin, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
Joshua did not draw back the hand that held his battle lance until he had devoted to destruction (note: Forms of the Hebrew cherem refer to the giving over of things or persons to the LORD, either by destroying them or by giving them as an offering.) all who lived in Ai.