Joshua 8:7

8:7 Then you rise up from your hiding place ¹  and seize ²  the city. The Lord your God will hand it over to you.

Joshua 8:9

8:9 Joshua sent them away and they went to their hiding place ³  west of Ai, between Bethel ⁴  and Ai. ⁵  Joshua spent that night with the army. ⁶ 

Joshua 8:12

8:12 He took five thousand men and set an ambush west of the city between Bethel ⁷  and Ai.

Joshua 8:14

8:14 When the king of Ai saw Israel, he and his whole army quickly got up the next day and went out to fight Israel at the meeting place near the Arabah. ⁸  But he did not realize ⁹  men were hiding behind the city. ¹⁰ 

Joshua 8:19

8:19 When he held out his hand, the men waiting in ambush rose up quickly from their place and attacked. ¹¹  They entered the city, captured it, and immediately set it on fire.

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¹ tn Heb “from the ambush.”

² tn Heb “take possession of.”

³ tn Or “the place of ambush.”

⁴ map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.

⁵ tn Heb “and they stayed between Bethel and Ai, west of Ai.”

⁶ tn Heb “in the midst of the people.”

⁷ map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.

⁸ tn Heb “When the king of Ai saw, the men of Ai hurried and rose early and went out to meet Israel for battle, he and all his people at the meeting place before the Arabah.”

⁹ tn Or “know.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “that (there was) an ambush for him behind the city.”

¹¹ tn Heb “and ran.”