Joshua 8:12
World English Bible (WEB)
He took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.
In context
10 Joshua rose up early in the morning, mustered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.
11 All the people, even the men of war who were with him, went up and came near, and came before the city and encamped on the north side of Ai. Now there was a valley between him and Ai.
12 He took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.
13 So they set the people, even all the army who was on the north of the city, and their ambush on the west of the city; and Joshua went that night into the middle of the valley.
14 When the king of Ai saw it, they hurried and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at the time appointed, before the Arabah; but he didn’t know that there was an ambush against him behind the city.
Joshua 8:12 in every translation
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.