Joshua 8:12 - Tree of Life Version

¹² But he had taken about 5,000 men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² And he took about five thousand men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, west of the city.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² And he took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of the city.

Common English Bible

¹² He took about five thousand men and positioned them as an ambush between Bethel and Ai to the west of the city.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² Now he had chosen five thousand men, and he had positioned them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, at the western part of the same city.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² 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.

Joshua 8:12 Cross References

Genesis 12:8

From there he moved to the mountain to the east of Beth-El and erected his tent (with Beth-El to the west and Ai to the east). There he built an altar to Adonai and called on the Name of Adonai.

Genesis 28:19

He called the name of that place Beth-El (though originally the city’s name was Luz).

Joshua 8:11

All the people of war with him went up, advanced, and came in front of the city. They camped to the north of Ai, with a valley between him and Ai.

Joshua 8:13

So they stationed the people, the main army that was to the north of the city, and its rear guard to the west of the city. Then Joshua walked that night in the midst of the valley.

Judges 1:22

Also the house of Joseph marched against Bethel, and Adonai was with them.

1 Samuel 15:5

Saul advanced to the city of Amalek and lay in wait in the valley.