Joshua 8:13

The main army were thus stationed to the north of the town, with the ambush laid to the west. Joshua passed that night in the middle of the valley.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

12so Joshua took about five thousand men and put them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the town.

14When the king of Ai saw this, he and his men made an early start. In the morning they rose and marched out to fight Israel at the expected place near the Arabah, not knowing that an ambush had been laid behind the town.

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Cross References

Joshua 8:8As soon as you have seized the town, set it on fire, and carry out the Lord’s command. These are my orders.”

Matthew Henry on Joshua 8:4-23

3 So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour, and sent them away by night. 4 And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready: 5 And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city: and it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them, 6 (For they will come out… Read the whole commentary →

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