Joshua 8:12
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Now Joshua had taken about five thousand men and set up an ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.
In context
10 Joshua got up early the next morning and mobilized his men, and he and the elders of Israel marched before them up to Ai.
11 Then all the troops who were with him marched up and approached the city. They arrived in front of Ai and camped to the north of it, with the valley between them and the city.
12 Now Joshua had taken about five thousand men and set up an ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.
13 So the forces were stationed with the main camp to the north of the city and the rear guard to the west of the city. And that night Joshua went into the valley.
14 When the king of Ai saw the Israelites, he hurried out early in the morning with the men of the city to engage them in battle at an appointed place overlooking the Arabah. But he did not know that an ambush had been set up against him behind the city.
Joshua 8:12 in every translation
- 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.
- KJV King James Version
- 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.
- 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;
- DBY Darby Translation
- Now he had taken about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west of the city.
- WBS Webster Bible
- 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.