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 told ¹  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 troops ²  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 attack ³  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 place ⁴  and seize ⁵  the city. The Lord your God will hand it over to you. 8:8 When you capture the city, set it ⁶  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 place ⁸  west of Ai, between Bethel ⁹  and Ai. ¹⁰  Joshua spent that night with the army. ¹¹ 

8:10 Bright and early the next morning Joshua gathered ¹²  the army, ¹³  and he and the leaders ¹⁴  of Israel marched ¹⁵  at the head of it ¹⁶  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 Bethel ¹⁹  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 into ²⁰  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 realize ²²  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 reinforcements ²⁴  in Ai ²⁵  were ordered ²⁶  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 city ²⁹  over to you.” So Joshua held out toward Ai the curved sword in his hand.

[8:4]  ¹ tn Or “commanded, ordered.”

[8:5]  ² tn Heb “the people.”

[8:6]  ³ tn Heb “come out after.”

[8:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “from the ambush.”

[8:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “take possession of.”

[8:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “the city.”

[8:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “I have commanded you.”

[8:9]  ⁸ tn Or “the place of ambush.”

[8:9]  ⁹ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[8:9]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and they stayed between Bethel and Ai, west of Ai.”

[8:9]  ¹¹ tn Heb “in the midst of the people.”

[8:10]  ¹² tn Or “summoned, mustered.”

[8:10]  ¹³ tn Heb “the people.”

[8:10]  ¹⁴ tn Or “elders.”

[8:10]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “went up.”

[8:10]  ¹⁶ tn 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.

[8:11]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “All the people of war who were with him went up and approached and came opposite the city.”

[8:11]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “and the valley [was] between them and Ai.”

[8:12]  ¹⁹ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[8:13]  ²⁰ tn Some Hebrew mss read, “spent the night in.”

[8:14]  ²¹ tn 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.”

[8:14]  ²² tn Or “know.”

[8:14]  ²³ tn Heb “that (there was) an ambush for him behind the city.”

[8:16]  ²⁴ tn Heb “All the people.”

[8:16]  ²⁵ tc Some textual witnesses read “the city.”

[8:16]  ²⁶ tn Or “were summoned”; or “were mustered.”

[8:17]  ²⁷ tc The LXX omits the words “or Bethel.”

[8:17]  ²⁸ tn Heb “who did not go out after Israel.”

[8:18]  ²⁹ tn Heb “it”; the referent (the city of Ai) has been specified in the translation for clarity.