Catholic Public Domain Version
"Now he had chosen five thousand men, and he had positioned them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, at the western part of the same city. "
— Joshua 8:12, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Beth–el and Ai, on the west side of the city.”
“And he took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of the city. ”
“He took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.”
“He took five thousand men and set an ambush west of the city between Bethel and Ai.”
“And he had chosen five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Hai, on the west side of the same city:”
“And taking about five thousand men, he put them in position for a surprise attack on the west side of Ai, between Beth-el and Ai.”
“And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Beth–el and Ai, on the west side of the city.”
And he sent them away, and they traveled to the place of the ambush, and they settled between Bethel and Ai, toward the western region of the city of Ai. But Joshua remained for that night in the midst of the people.
And rising at first light, he reviewed his troops, and he went up, with the elders at the front of the army, surrounded by an auxiliary of fighters.
And when they had arrived, and had ascended from the opposite side of the city, they stood toward the northern region of the city. And there was a valley in the middle, between them and the city.
Now he had chosen five thousand men, and he had positioned them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, at the western part of the same city.
Yet truly, all the remainder of the army was arranged in a line to the north, so that the very end of that multitude reached to the western region of the city. Then Joshua went out that night, and he stood in the middle of the valley.
And when the king of Ai had seen this, he hurried in the morning, and he went out with the entire army of the city. And he arranged them in a line opposite the desert, not knowing that an ambush lay hidden behind his back.
Yet truly, Joshua, and all of Israel, withdrew from the place, pretending to be afraid, and fleeing along the way of the wilderness.