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Joshua 8:12-13

12And he tookוַיִּקַּ֕חvai.yi.KachH3947about fiveכַּחֲמֵ֥שֶׁתka.cha.Me.shetH2568thousandאֲלָפִ֖ים'a.la.FimH505menאִ֑ישׁ'IshH376,and setוַיָּ֨שֶׂםvai.Ya.semH7760them to lie in ambushאֹרֵ֗ב'o.RevH693between Beth–elH1008and AiH5857,on the west sideמִיָּ֥םmi.YamH3220of the cityלָעִֽיר׃la.'IrH5892 H5857.

13And when they had setוַיָּשִׂ֨ימוּvai.ya.Si.muH7760the peopleהָעָ֜םha.'AmH5971, evenall the armyהַֽמַּחֲנֶ֗הha.ma.cha.NehH4264that wason the northמִצְּפ֣וֹןmi.tze.FonH6828of the cityלָעִ֔ירla.'IrH5892,and their liers in waitעֲקֵב֖וֹa.ke.VoH6119on the westמִיָּ֣םmi.YamH3220of the cityלָעִ֑ירla.'IrH5892,Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091wentH3212that nightבַּלַּ֥יְלָהba.Lay.lahH3915into the midstבְּת֥וֹךְbe.TokhH8432of the valleyהָעֵֽמֶק׃ha.'E.mekH6010.

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