⁹ 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.

⁸ And he removed from thence unto the mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Ai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto Jehovah, and called upon the name of Jehovah.

²¹ So the present passed over before him: and he himself lodged that night in the company.

² And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and spy out the land. And the men went up and spied out Ai.

¹² And he took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of the city.

²⁸ The men of Beth-el and Ai, two hundred twenty and three.

³² The men of Beth-el and Ai, a hundred twenty and three.