Joshua 8:12

8:12 He took five thousand men and set an ambush west of the city between Bethel ¹  and Ai.

Joshua 8:17

8:17 No men were left in Ai or Bethel; ²  they all went out after Israel. ³  They left the city wide open and chased Israel.

Joshua 16:1

Joseph’s Tribal Lands

16:1 The land allotted to Joseph’s descendants extended from the Jordan at Jericho ⁴  to the waters of Jericho to the east, through the desert and on up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel. ⁵ 

[8:12]  ¹ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[8:17]  ² tc The LXX omits the words “or Bethel.”

[8:17]  ³ tn Heb “who did not go out after Israel.”

[16:1]  ³ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[16:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “The lot went out to the sons of Joseph from the Jordan [at] Jericho to the waters of Jericho to the east, the desert going up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel.”