Joshua 8
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Joshua 8:11-13

11And all the peopleH5971, even the people of warH4421 that were with him, went upH5927, and drew nighH5066, and cameH935 before the cityH5892, and pitchedH2583 on the north sideH6828 of AiH5857: now there was a valleyH1516 between them and AiH5857.

12And he tookH3947 about fiveH2568 thousandH505 menH376, and setH7760 them to lie in ambushH693 between Beth–elH1008 and AiH5857, on the west sideH3220 of the cityH5892H5857.1

13And when they had setH7760 the peopleH5971, even all the armyH4264 that was on the northH6828 of the cityH5892, and their liers in waitH6119 on the westH3220 of the cityH5892, JoshuaH3091 wentH3212 that nightH3915 into the midstH8432 of the valleyH6010.2

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Notes

  1. 1. Joshua 8:12 of…: or, of Ai. ↩
  2. 2. Joshua 8:13 liers…: Heb. lying in wait. ↩

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