Discovery BoxJoshua 8:9 
Context8:9 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
Context8:12 He took five thousand men and set an ambush west of the city between Bethel 5 and Ai.
Joshua 8:17
Context8:17 No men were left in Ai or Bethel; 6 they all went out after Israel. 7 They left the city wide open and chased Israel.
Joshua 16:1
Context16:1 The land allotted to Joseph’s descendants extended from the Jordan at Jericho 8 to the waters of Jericho to the east, through the desert and on up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel. 9
1 tn Or “the place of ambush.”
2 map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.
3 tn Heb “and they stayed between Bethel and Ai, west of Ai.”
4 tn Heb “in the midst of the people.”
5 map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.
6 tc The LXX omits the words “or Bethel.”
map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.
7 tn Heb “who did not go out after Israel.”
8 map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.
9 tn Heb “The lot went out to the sons of Joseph from the Jordan [at] Jericho to the waters of Jericho to the east, the desert going up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel.”
map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.
