Joshua 8:12

In 11 translations

BSB

Now Joshua had taken about five thousand men and set up an ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.

KJV

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.of…: or, of Ai

WEB

He took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.

ASV

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

LSV

And he takes about five thousand men, and sets them [for] an ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west of the city;

YLT

And he taketh about five thousand men, and setteth them an ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west of the city;

DBY

Now he had taken about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west of the city.

DRC

And he had chosen five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Hai, on the west side of the same city:

GNV

And hee tooke about fiue thousande men, and set them to lye in waite betweene Beth-el and Ai, on the Westside of the citie.

JPS

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

LXXE

And the ambuscade was on the west side of the city.

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WLC

וַיִּקַּ֕ח כַּחֲמֵ֥שֶׁת אֲלָפִ֖ים אִ֑ישׁ וַיָּ֨שֶׂם אוֹתָ֜ם אֹרֵ֗ב בֵּ֧ין בֵּֽית־אֵ֛ל וּבֵ֥ין הָעַ֖י מִיָּ֥ם לָעִֽיר׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ τὰ ἔνεδρα τῆς πόλεως ἀπὸ θαλάσσης·

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• Joshua 8:2–3And you shall do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king, except that you may carry off their plunder and livestock for yourselves. Set up an ambush behind the city.” So Joshua and the whole army set out…

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