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Joshua 8:12
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KJ21
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.
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.
AMP
And Joshua took about five thousand men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.
AMPC
And he took about five thousand men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, west of the city.
BRG
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.
CSB
Now Joshua had taken about five thousand men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.
CSBA
Now Joshua had taken about five thousand men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.
CEB
He took about five thousand men and positioned them as an ambush between Bethel and Ai to the west of the city.
CJB
Then he took about 5,000 men and set them in ambush between Beit-El and ‘Ai, to the west of ‘Ai.
CEV
Joshua had already sent 5,000 soldiers to the west side of the town to hide and wait to attack.
DARBY
Now he had taken about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west of the city.
DRA
And he had chosen five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Hai, on the west side of the same city:
ERV
Then Joshua chose about 5000 men. He sent these men to hide in the area west of the city, between Bethel and Ai.
EASY
Joshua had already sent about 5,000 men to hide on the west side of the city, between Bethel and Ai.
EHV
He had taken about five thousand men and set them as an ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.
ESV
He took about 5,000 men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.
ESVUK
He took about 5,000 men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.
EXB
Then Joshua chose about five thousand men and set them in ambush in the area west of the city between Bethel and Ai.
GNV
And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in wait between Bethel and Ai on the West side of the city.
GW
Joshua had taken about five thousand men and had them hide between Bethel and Ai, west of the city.
GNT
He took about five thousand men and put them in hiding west of the city, between Ai and Bethel.
HCSB
Now Joshua had taken about 5,000 men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.
ICB
Then Joshua chose about 5,000 men. He set them in ambush in the area west of the city between Bethel and Ai.
ISV
Taking about 5,000 men, he set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai to the west of the city,
JUB
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.
KJV
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.
AKJV
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.
LSB
And he took about 5,000 men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.
LEB
And he took about five thousand men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.
TLB
and stopped at the edge of a valley north of the city. That night Joshua sent another five thousand men to join the troops in ambush on the west side of the city. He himself spent the night in the valley.
MSG
Joshua was up early in the morning and mustered his army. He and the leaders of Israel led the troops to Ai. The whole army, fighting men all, marched right up within sight of the city and set camp on the north side of Ai. There was a valley between them and Ai. He had taken about five thousand men and put them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, west of the city. They were all deployed, the main army to the north of the city and the ambush to the west. Joshua spent the night in the valley.
MEV
He took about five thousand men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, westward of the city.
NOG
Joshua had taken about five thousand men and had them hide between Bethel and Ai, west of the city.
NABRE
He took about five thousand warriors and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, west of the city.
NASB
Then he took about five thousand men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.
NASB1995
And he took about 5,000 men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.
NCB
He had taken about five thousand men and set them up in an ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the western side of the city.
NCV
Then Joshua chose about five thousand men and set them in ambush in the area west of the city between Bethel and Ai.
NET
He took 5,000 men and set an ambush west of the city between Bethel and Ai.
NIRV
Joshua had chosen about 5,000 soldiers. He had ordered them to hide in a place west of Ai. It was between Bethel and Ai.
NIV
Joshua had taken about five thousand men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.
NIVUK
Joshua had taken about five thousand men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.
NKJV
So he took about five thousand men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.
NLV
Then he took about 5,000 men and hid them between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.
NLT
That night Joshua sent about 5,000 men to lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the town.
NRSVA
Taking about five thousand men, he set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.
NRSVACE
Taking about five thousand men, he set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.
NRSVCE
Taking about five thousand men, he set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.
NRSVUE
Taking about five thousand men, he set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.
OJB
And he took about chameshet alafim ish, and set them to lie in ambush between Beit-El and Ai, on the west side of the Ir.
RGT
And he took about five thousand men and set them to lie in wait between Bethel and Ai, on the West side of the city.
RSV
And he took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.
RSVCE
And he took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.
TLV
But he had taken about 5,000 men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.
VOICE
The other force, numbering about 5,000, remained hidden west of the city between Bethel and Ai.
WEB
He took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.
WYC
And Joshua had chosen five thousand men, and he had set them in [the] ambushments betwixt Bethel and Ai, in the west part of the same city. (And Joshua chose five thousand men, and he put them in ambush between Bethel 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;
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