Joshua 8:9

So Joshua sent them forth, and they went into ambush, and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west of Ai,—but Joshua lodged that night in the midst of the people.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people.

In Context

8And it shall be, when ye have seized the city, then shall ye burn the city with fire, according to the word of Yahweh, shall ye do,—see! I have commanded you.

10And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and mustered the people,—and went up—he and the elders of Israel, before the people, to Ai.

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Cross References

Genesis 12:8And he moved on from thence towards the hill country, on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent,—with Bethel on the west, and Ai on the east, and built there an altar to Yahweh, and called on the name of Yahweh.

Joshua 7:2And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai which was beside Beth-aven on the east side of Bethel, and spake unto them saying, Go up and spy out the land. So the men went up, and spied out Ai.

Ezra 2:28The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred and twenty-three;

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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