Joshua 8:12

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Joshua had already sent five thousand soldiers to the west side of the town to hide and wait to attack.

Cross References

Genesis 12:8

Abram travelled to the hill country east of Bethel and camped between Bethel and Ai, where he built another altar and worshipped the LORD.

Genesis 28:19

and he named the place Bethel. Before that it had been named Luz.

Joshua 8:11

They set up camp in full view of the town, across the valley to the north.

Joshua 8:13

Now all his troops were in place. Part of the army was in the camp to the north of Ai, and the others were hiding to the west, ready to make a surprise attack. That night, Joshua went into the valley.

Judges 1:22

The Ephraim and Manasseh tribes were getting ready to attack Bethel, which at that time was called Luz. And the LORD helped them when they sent spies to find out as much as they could about Bethel.

1 Samuel 15:5

then led them to a valley near one of the towns in Amalek, where they got ready to make a surprise attack.