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Joshua 8:28

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So Joshua burnt Ai, and made it a heap forever, even a desolation, to this day.

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Ai was a Canaanite town east of Bethel in the central hill country; after Israel’s earlier victory at Jericho in the Jordan Valley (Arab

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Joshua 8:28 mentions Ai, Arabah, Bethel, Jericho, Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim.

Ai · Bukvoed
Arabah · Anastasia Pozdnyakova
Bethel · Deror_avi
Jericho · Abraham

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