Joshua 8:13 - Easy To Read Version

¹³ So Joshua had prepared his men for the fight. The main camp was north of the city. The other men were hiding to the west. That night Joshua went down into the valley.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ And when they had set the people, even all the host that was on the north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ So they stationed all the army–the main encampment that was north of the city and their men in ambush behind and on the west of the city–and Joshua went that night into the midst of the ravine.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ So they set the people, even all the host that was on the north of the city, and their liers-in-wait that were on the west of the city; and Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.

Common English Bible

¹³ The people positioned the main camp on the north side of the city and its rear guard on its west side. That night, Joshua went into the middle of the valley.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ Yet truly, all the remainder of the army was arranged in a line to the north, so that the very end of that multitude reached to the western region of the city. Then Joshua went out that night, and he stood in the middle of the valley.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹³ But all the rest of the army went in battle array on the north side, so that the last of that multitude reached to the west side of the city. So Josue went that night, and stood in the midst of the valley.

Joshua 8:13 Cross References

Joshua 8:12

Then Joshua chose about 5,000 men. Joshua sent these men to hide in the area west of the city, between Bethel and Ai.

Joshua 8:14

Later, the king of Ai saw the army of Israel. The king and his people hurried out to fight the army of Israel. The king of Ai went out the east side of the city toward the Jordan Valley, so he did not see the soldiers hiding behind the city.

Joshua 8:8

“You must do what the Lord says. Watch me and I will give you the command to attack the city. Take control of the city, and then burn it.”