Joshua arose early in the morning and mustered the people and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.
Joshua 8:11 - English Standard Version 2016 And all the fighting men who were with him went up and drew near before the city and encamped on the north side of Ai, with a ravine between them and Ai. Más versionesKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And all the fighting men who were with him went up and drew near before the city and encamped on the north side of [it], with a ravine between them and Ai. American Standard Version (1901) And all the people, even the men of war that were with him, went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and encamped on the north side of Ai: now there was a valley between him and Ai. Common English Bible The entire army that was with him went up. They moved in close, in front of the city. Then they camped north of Ai, with the valley between them and Ai. Catholic Public Domain Version And when they had arrived, and had ascended from the opposite side of the city, they stood toward the northern region of the city. And there was a valley in the middle, between them and the city. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when they were come, and were gone up over against the city, they stood on the north side of the city, between which and them there was a valley in the midst. |
Joshua arose early in the morning and mustered the people and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.
He took about 5,000 men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.