⁹ So Joshua sent them out. And they went to the place of ambush and lay between Bethel and Ai, to the west of Ai, but Joshua spent that night among the people.

³² The men of Bethel and Ai, 123.

²⁸ The men of Bethel and Ai, 223.

¹² He took about 5,000 men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.

² Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near ^(A)Beth-aven, east of Bethel, and said to them, “Go up and spy out the land.” And the men went up and spied out Ai.

²¹ So the present passed on ahead of him, and he himself stayed that night in the camp.

⁸ From there he moved to the hill country on the east of ^(A)Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. And there he built an altar to the Lord and called upon the name of the Lord.