Joshua 8:9

Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people.

Joshua {H3091} therefore sent them forth {H7971}: and they went {H3212} to lie in ambush {H3993}, and abode {H3427} between Bethel {H1008} and Ai {H5857}, on the west side {H3220} of Ai {H5857}: but Joshua {H3091} lodged {H3885} that night {H3915} among {H8432} the people {H5971}.

Y'hoshua sent them out; and they went to the place for the ambush, staying between Beit-El and 'Ai, to the west of 'Ai; while Y'hoshua camped that night with the people.

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

And Joshua sent them forth; and they went to the ambushment, and abode between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people.

Note: Commentary was generated by an advanced AI, utilizing a prompt that emphasized Biblical fidelity over bias. We've found these insights to be consistently reliable, yet we always encourage prayerful discernment through the Holy Spirit. The Scripture text and cross-references are from verified, non-AI sources.

  • Genesis 32:21

    So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.

  • Joshua 7:2

    And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which [is] beside Bethaven, on the east side of Bethel, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai.

  • Ezra 2:28

    The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred twenty and three.

  • Nehemiah 7:32

    The men of Bethel and Ai, an hundred twenty and three.

  • Joshua 8:12

    And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.

  • Genesis 12:8

    And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, [having] Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.

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