12Now he had taken about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west of the city.


In Context

9 And Joshua sent them forth; and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west of Ai. And Joshua lodged that night among the people.

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

11 And all the people of war that were with him went up, and drew near, and came before the city; and they encamped on the north of Ai; and the valley was between them and Ai.

12 Now he had taken about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west of the city.

13 And when they had set the people, the whole camp on the north of the city, and their ambush on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.

14 And it came to pass when the king of Ai saw it, that the men of the city hasted and rose early, and went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at the appointed place before the plain. But he knew not that there was an ambush against him behind the city.

Joshua 8:12 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:12Joshua had taken about five thousand men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:12And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:12And 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:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:12And he took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of the city.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:12And he took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of the city.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:12And 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:12He took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:12And he taketh about five thousand men, and setteth them an ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west of the city;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:12And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.