Joshua 8:12

WEB

¹²He took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.

KJV

¹²And 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.

BSB

¹²Now Joshua had taken about five thousand men and set up an ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.

FBV

¹²He took about five thousand men and had them lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the town.

Extra References

Joshua 8:2-3

²You shall do to Ai and her king as you did to Jericho and her king, except you shall take its goods and its livestock for yourselves. Set an ambush for the city behind it.”

³So Joshua arose, with all the warriors, to go up to Ai. Joshua chose thirty thousand men, the mighty men of valor, and sent them out by night.