Joshua 8:13 - Modern English Version

¹³ So they stationed the people, all the army that was on the north of the city, and its rear guard on the west of the city, and Joshua spent that night in the midst of 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.

Joshua 8:13 Tagairtí Cros

Joshua 8:12

He took about five thousand men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, westward of the city.

Joshua 8:14

When the king of Ai saw this, the men of the city hurriedly got up early and went out to engage Israel in battle at the assembly point near the Arabah. Yet he did not know that there was an ambush for him behind the city.

Joshua 8:8

When you have seized the city, set it on fire. Act according to the word of the Lord. See, I have commanded you.”