KJV King James Version
And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.
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Joshua 8:12
And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Now Joshua had taken about five thousand men and set up an ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.
WEB World English Bible
He took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.
ASV American Standard Version
And he took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of the city.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And he taketh about five thousand men, and setteth them an ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west of the city;
Surrounding context — Joshua 8
9 Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people.
10 And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.
11 And all the people, [even the people] of war that [were] with him, went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on the north side of Ai: now [there was] a valley between them and Ai.
12 And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.
13 And when they had set the people, [even] all the host that [was] on the north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.
14 And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw [it], that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he wist not that [there were] liers in ambush against him behind the city.
15 And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
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וַיִּקַּ֕חH3947 · la.qachto take: takeכַּחֲמֵ֥שֶׁתH2568 · cha.meshfiveאֲלָפִ֖יםH505 · e.lephthousandאִ֑ישׁH376 · ishmanוַיָּ֨שֶׂםH7760 · sumto set: makeאוֹתָ֜םH853 · et[Obj.]אֹרֵ֗בH693 · a.ravto ambushבֵּ֧יןH996 · ba.yinbetweenבֵּֽית־H1008 · bet-elBethelאֵ֛לH1008 · bet-elBethelוּבֵ֥יןH996 · ba.yinbetweenהָעַ֖יH5857 · ayAiמִיָּ֥םH3220 · yamseaלָעִֽיר׃H5892 · irexcitement
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