Joshua 8:12
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.
Joshua 8:12 in other translations
| BSB | Now Joshua had taken about five thousand men and set up an ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city. |
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| WEB | He took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city. |
| ASV | And he took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of the city. |
| YLT | And he taketh about five thousand men, and setteth them an ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west of the city; |
| DARBY | Now he had taken about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west of the city. |
| BBE | 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. |
| Webster | 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. |
What does Joshua 8:12 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 8:11-14
11-14. there was a valley between them and Ai--literally, "the valley."
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 8:3-22
Observe Joshua's conduct and prudence. Those that would maintain their spiritual conflicts must not love their ease. Probably he went into the valley alone, to pray to God for a blessing, and he did not seek in vain. He never drew back till the work was done. Those that have stretched out their hands against their spiritual enemies, must never draw them back.
Joshua 8:12 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Joshua 8:12
- Joshua 8:2-3
And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it. So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour, and sent them away by night.
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Context
- Joshua 8:11
And all the people, even the people of war that were with him, went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on the north side of Ai: now there was a valley between them and Ai.
- Joshua 8:12
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.
- Joshua 8:13
And when they had set the people, even all the host that was on the north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.
Joshua 8:12 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y tomó como cinco mil hombres, y púsolos en emboscada entre Beth-el y Hai, á la parte occidental de la ciudad. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Or il avait pris environ 5 000 hommes, et les avait placés en embuscade entre Béthel et Aï, à l’occident de la ville. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Er hatte aber bei fünftausend Mann genommen und sie als Hinterhalt zwischen Bethel und Ai gelegt, westlich von der Stadt. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quinque autem millia viros elegerat, et posuerat in insidiis inter Bethel et Hai ex occidentali parte ejusdem civitatis: |