Joshua 8:9

8:9 Joshua sent them away and they went to their hiding place ¹  west of Ai, between Bethel ²  and Ai. ³  Joshua spent that night with the army. ⁴ 

Joshua 8:12-13

8:12 He took five thousand men and set an ambush west of the city between Bethel ⁵  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 ⁶  the middle of the valley.

[8:9]  ¹ tn Or “the place of ambush.”

[8:9]  ² map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[8:9]  ³ tn Heb “and they stayed between Bethel and Ai, west of Ai.”

[8:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “in the midst of the people.”

[8:12]  ⁵ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[8:13]  ⁹ tn Some Hebrew mss read, “spent the night in.”