Joshua 8:13

וַיָּשִׂימוּ הָעָם אֶת ־ כָּל ־ הַֽמַּחֲנֶה אֲשֶׁר מִצְּפוֹן לָעִיר וְאֶת ־ עֲקֵבוֹ מִיָּם לָעִיר וַיֵּלֶךְ יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בַּלַּיְלָה הַהוּא בְּתוֹךְ הָעֵֽמֶק ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

12וַיִּקַּח כַּחֲמֵשֶׁת אֲלָפִים אִישׁ וַיָּשֶׂם אוֹתָם אֹרֵב בֵּין בֵּֽית ־ אֵל וּבֵין הָעַי מִיָּם לָעִֽיר ׃

14וַיְהִי כִּרְאוֹת מֶֽלֶךְ ־ הָעַי וַֽיְמַהֲרוּ וַיַּשְׁכִּימוּ וַיֵּצְאוּ אַנְשֵֽׁי ־ הָעִיר לִקְרַֽאת ־ יִשְׂרָאֵל לַֽמִּלְחָמָה הוּא וְכָל ־ עַמּוֹ לַמּוֹעֵד לִפְנֵי הָֽעֲרָבָה וְהוּא לֹא יָדַע כִּֽי ־ אֹרֵב לוֹ מֵאַחֲרֵי הָעִֽיר ׃

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Cross References

Joshua 8:8וְהָיָה כְּתָפְשְׂכֶם אֶת ־ הָעִיר תַּצִּיתוּ אֶת ־ הָעִיר בָּאֵשׁ כִּדְבַר יְהוָה תַּעֲשׂוּ רְאוּ צִוִּיתִי אֶתְכֶֽם ׃

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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