He left from there to the mountain on the east of Beit-El, and pitched his tent, having Beit-El on the west, and `Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the LORD and called on the name of the LORD.
Joshua 8:12 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) He took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Beit-El and `Ai, on the west side of the city. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 And he took about five thousand men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, west of the city. American Standard Version (1901) 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 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 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 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. |
He left from there to the mountain on the east of Beit-El, and pitched his tent, having Beit-El on the west, and `Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the LORD and called on the name of the LORD.
He called the name of that place Beit-El, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.
All the people, [even] the [men of] war who were with him, went up, and drew near, and came before the city, and encamped on the north side of `Ai: now there was a valley between him and `Ai.
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 Yehoshua went that night into the midst of the valley.
The house of Yosef, they also went up against Beit-El; and the LORD was with them.