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Joshua 8:9

JoshuaAiBethel (of Palestine)

7 Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city: for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.

8 And it shall be, when ye have taken the city, that ye shall set the city on fire: according to the commandment of the LORD shall ye do. See, I have commanded you.

Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Beth-el 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.

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BSB
So Joshua sent them out, and they went to the place of ambush and lay in wait between Bethel and Ai, to the west of Ai. But Joshua spent that night among the people.
KJV
Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people.
WEB
Joshua sent them out; and they went to set up the ambush, and stayed between Bethel and Ai on the west side of Ai; but Joshua stayed among the people that night.
ASV
And Joshua sent them forth; and they went to the ambushment, and abode between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people.
DARBY
And Joshua sent them forth; and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west of Ai. And Joshua lodged that night among the people.
BLB
And Joshua sent them out, and they went to the ambush, and stayed between Bethel and between Ai, on the west side of Ai. And Joshua lodged that night in the midst of the people.
ÅB
Så sendte Josva dem avsted, og de gikk og la seg i bakhold mellom Betel og Ai, vestenfor Ai; men Josva selv ble den natt midt iblant folket.
OTB
Josva sendte dem av sted, og de gikk til stedet for bakholdet og lå i skjul mellom Betel og Ai, på vestsiden av Ai; men Josva tilbrakte den natten med folket.
B1930
Så sendte Josva dem avsted, og de gikk og la sig i bakhold mellem Betel og Ai, vestenfor Ai; men Josva selv blev den natt midt iblandt folket.

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Cross references

  • Ezra 2:28

    The men of Beth-el and Ai, two hundred twenty and three.

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  • Genesis 12:8

    And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.

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  • Genesis 32:21

    So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.

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  • Joshua 8:12

    And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of the city.

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  • Nehemiah 7:32

    The men of Beth-el and Ai, an hundred twenty and three.

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  • Joshua 7:2

    And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai.

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