⁸ After that, Abram traveled south and set up camp in the hill country, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built another altar and dedicated it to the Lord, and he worshiped the Lord.

¹⁷ There was not a man left in Ai or Bethel^[a] who did not chase after the Israelites, and the town was left wide open.

⁹ So they left and went to the place of ambush between Bethel and the west side of Ai. But Joshua remained among the people in the camp that night.

² Joshua sent some of his men from Jericho to spy out the town of Ai, east of Bethel, near Beth-aven.