Joshua 16:3

16:3 It then descended westward to Japhletite territory, as far as the territory of lower Beth Horon and Gezer, and ended at the sea.

Joshua 19:44

19:44 Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath,

Joshua 21:22

21:22 Kibzaim, and Beth Horon, along with the grazing areas of each – a total of four cities.

Joshua 21:2

21:2 in Shiloh in the land of Canaan and said, “The Lord told Moses to assign us cities in which to live along with the grazing areas for our cattle.”

Joshua 8:4-18

8:4 He told¹ them, “Look, set an ambush behind the city. Don’t go very far from the city; all of you be ready! 8:5 I and all the troops² who are with me will approach the city. When they come out to fight us like before, we will retreat from them. 8:6 They will attack³ us until we have lured them from the city, for they will say, ‘They are retreating from us like before.’ We will retreat from them. 8:7 Then you rise up from your hiding place⁴ and seize⁵ the city. The Lord your God will hand it over to you. 8:8 When you capture the city, set it⁶ on fire. Do as the Lord says! See, I have given you orders.”⁷ 8:9 Joshua sent them away and they went to their hiding place⁸ west of Ai, between Bethel⁹ and Ai.¹⁰ Joshua spent that night with the army.¹¹

8:10 Bright and early the next morning Joshua gathered¹² the army,¹³ and he and the leaders¹⁴ of Israel marched¹⁵ at the head of it¹⁶ to Ai. 8:11 All the troops that were with him marched up and drew near the city.¹⁷ They camped north of Ai on the other side of the valley.¹⁸ 8:12 He took five thousand men and set an ambush west of the city between Bethel¹⁹ and Ai. 8:13 The army was in position – the main army north of the city and the rear guard west of the city. That night Joshua went into²⁰ the middle of the valley.

8:14 When the king of Ai saw Israel, he and his whole army quickly got up the next day and went out to fight Israel at the meeting place near the Arabah.²¹ But he did not realize²² men were hiding behind the city.²³ 8:15 Joshua and all Israel pretended to be defeated by them and they retreated along the way to the desert. 8:16 All the reinforcements²⁴ in Ai²⁵ were ordered²⁶ to chase them; they chased Joshua and were lured away from the city. 8:17 No men were left in Ai or Bethel;²⁷ they all went out after Israel.²⁸ They left the city wide open and chased Israel.

8:18 The Lord told Joshua, “Hold out toward Ai the curved sword in your hand, for I am handing the city²⁹ over to you.” So Joshua held out toward Ai the curved sword in his hand.

¹tn Or “commanded, ordered.”

²tn Heb “the people.”

³tn Heb “come out after.”

⁴tn Heb “from the ambush.”

⁵tn Heb “take possession of.”

⁶tn Heb “the city.”

⁷tn Heb “I have commanded you.”

⁸tn Or “the place of ambush.”

⁹map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.

¹⁰tn Heb “and they stayed between Bethel and Ai, west of Ai.”

¹¹tn Heb “in the midst of the people.”

¹²tn Or “summoned, mustered.”

¹³tn Heb “the people.”

¹⁴tn Or “elders.”

¹⁵tn Heb “went up.”

¹⁶tn Heb “them” (referring to “the people” in the previous clause, which requires a plural pronoun). Since the translation used “army” in the previous clause, a singular pronoun (“it”) is required in English.

¹⁷tn Heb “All the people of war who were with him went up and approached and came opposite the city.”

¹⁸tn Heb “and the valley [was] between them and Ai.”

¹⁹map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.

²⁰tn Some Hebrew mss read, “spent the night in.”

²¹tn Heb “When the king of Ai saw, the men of Ai hurried and rose early and went out to meet Israel for battle, he and all his people at the meeting place before the Arabah.”

²²tn Or “know.”

²³tn Heb “that (there was) an ambush for him behind the city.”

²⁴tn Heb “All the people.”

²⁵tc Some textual witnesses read “the city.”

²⁶tn Or “were summoned”; or “were mustered.”

²⁷tc The LXX omits the words “or Bethel.”

²⁸tn Heb “who did not go out after Israel.”

²⁹tn Heb “it”; the referent (the city of Ai) has been specified in the translation for clarity.