JOS 8:11 Parallel Verse View

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8:11 Variant note: בינ/ו: (x-qere) ’בֵּינָ֥י/ו’: lemma_996 morph_HR/Sp3ms id_06PZV בֵּינָ֥י/ו

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BrLXX Καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ὁ πολεμιστὴς μετʼ αὐτοῦ ἀνέβησαν· καὶ πορευόμενοι ἦλθον ἐξεναντίας τῆς πόλεως ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν.
(Kai pas ho laos ho polemistaʸs metʼ autou anebaʸsan; kai poreuomenoi aʸlthon exenantias taʸs poleōs apo anatolōn. )

BrTr And all the men of war went up with him, and they went forward and came over against the city eastward.

ULT And all the people of war who were with him went up and approached and came before the city. And they camped from north of the Ai and the valley was between them and the Ai.

UST They all set up their tents close to Ai, just to the north of the city, where all the people of the city could see them. There was a valley between them and the city of Ai.

BSB Then all the troops who were with him marched up and approached the city. They arrived in front of Ai and camped to the north of it, with the valley between them and the city.

OEB No OEB JOS 8:11 verse available

WEBBE All the people, even the men of war who were with him, went up and came near, and came before the city and encamped on the north side of Ai. Now there was a valley between him and Ai.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET All the troops that were with him marched up and drew near the city. They camped north of Ai on the other side of the valley.

LSV and all the people of war who [are] with him have gone up, and draw near and come in before the city, and encamp on the north of Ai; and the valley [is] between him and Ai.

FBV All the fighting men who were with him approached the front of the town, and camped there on the north side, with a valley between them and Ai.

T4T They all set up their tents close to Ai, just to the north of the city, where all the people of the city could see them. There was a valley between them and the city.

LEB All the fighting men[fn] who were with him went up and drew near before the city[fn] and camped north of Ai; there was a valley between him and Ai.

8:11 Literally “All the people of war”

8:11 Literally “went up, drew near, and came before the city”

BBE And all the fighting-men who were with him went up and came near the town, and took up a position on the north side of Ai facing the town, with a valley between him and the town.

Moff All the nation, that is, the armed men who were with him, marched up close to the town and encamped on the north of Ai. Between him and Ai lay a valley.

JPS And all the people, even the men 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 him and Ai.

ASV And all the people, even the men of war that were with him, went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and encamped on the north side of Ai: now there was a valley between him and Ai.

DRA And when they were come, and were gone up over against the city, they stood on the north side of the city, between which and them there was a valley in the midst.

YLT and all the people of war who [are] with him have gone up, and draw nigh and come in over-against the city, and encamp on the north of Ai; and the valley [is] between him and Ai.

Drby And all the people of war that were with him went up, and drew near, and came before the city; and they encamped on the north of Ai; and the valley was between them and Ai.

RV And all the people, even the men 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 him and Ai.

Wbstr 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.

KJB-1769 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.

KJB-1611 And all the people, euen the people of warre that were with him, went vp, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on the North side of Ai: now there was a valley betweene them and Ai.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation)

Bshps And all the men of warre that were with him, went vp, & drue nye, and came agaynst the citie, and pitched on the northsyde of Ai: and there was a valley betweene them and Ai.
(And all the men of war that were with him, went up, and drew near, and came against the city, and pitched on the northsyde of Ai: and there was a valley between them and Ai.)

Gnva Also all the men of warre that were with him went vp and drewe neere, and came against the citie, and pitched on the Northside of Ai: and there was a valley betweene them and Ai.
(Also all the men of war that were with him went up and drew near, and came against the city, and pitched on the Northside of Ai: and there was a valley between them and Ai. )

Cvdl and all the men of warre that were with him, wente vp, & gat them forth, and came ouer agaynst the cite, and pitched their tentes on the north syde of Hai, so yt there was but a valley betwene him and Hai.
(and all the men of war that were with him, went up, and gat them forth, and came over against the city, and pitched their tents on the north side of Hai, so it there was but a valley between him and Hai.)

Wycl And whanne thei hadden come, and hadden stied ayens the citee, thei stoden at the north coost of the citee, bitwixe which citee and hem the valei was in the myddis.
(And when they had come, and had stied against the city, they stood at the north coost of the city, between which city and them the valei was in the myddis.)

Luth Und alles Kriegsvolk, das bei ihm war, zog hinauf; und traten herzu und kamen gegen die Stadt und lagerten sich gegen Mitternacht vor Ai, daß nur ein Tal war zwischen ihm und Ai.
(And all/everything Kriegsvolk, the at him was, pulled hinauf; and traten herzu and came gegen the city and stored itself/yourself/themselves gegen Mitternacht before/in_front_of Ai, that nur a Tal what/which between him and Ai.)

ClVg Cumque venissent et ascendissent ex adverso civitatis, steterunt ad septentrionalem urbis plagam, inter quam et eos erat vallis media.
(Cumque venissent and ascendissent from on_the_contrary of_the_city, steterunt to septentrionalem urbis plagam, between how and them was vallis media. )

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The Israelites Conquer Ai

Joshua 8

[Author’s note: This map and article assume that Ai was located at Khirbet al-Maqatir and Bethel was located at al-Bira. It is beyond the scope of this article to present all the convincing reasons for these assumptions, but they are well summarized in the following articles: “Traditional Site of Bethel Questioned,” “Location of Biblical Bethel and Ai Reconsidered,” and “The Khirbet el-Maqatir Excavations.” The expected locations for Roman mile markers are also included on this map, which confirm that al-Bira is located precisely at the twelfth mile marker from Jerusalem, as Eusebius and Jerome both asserted. All other maps in this Atlas have been recently updated to use these same locations for Ai and Bethel.

Soon after the Israelites entered the Promised Land and captured the city of Jericho, they sent a force of only three thousand men to capture the much smaller fortified town of Ai (Joshua 7). They suffered defeat, however, and the Lord revealed to them that this happened because a man named Achan had taken some of the devoted items from Jericho. So Joshua took Achan and his family to the Valley of Achor and executed them there (see Israel Enters the Promised Land map). Later the Lord told Joshua to attack Ai again, because this time he was going to give them the town. It appears that Ai, which had a direct line of sight to the more powerful city of Jerusalem to the south, must have served as a sort of early warning outpost for the larger city. Thus, capturing Ai was critical to staging an effective battle campaign throughout southern Canaan. So Joshua advanced with thirty thousand troops during the night and camped north of the city, and he positioned a force of five thousand men in ambush between Bethel and Ai, just to the west of Ai. The men in ambush were also just east of the mountain where Abraham had pitched his tent centuries earlier (Genesis 12:8). Joshua himself spent the night in the valley between Ai and the main Israelite camp. Early the next morning, the king of Ai led all the inhabitants of the town in an attack on the main camp of the Israelites, who feigned retreat into the wilderness. After the Israelite army had drawn the people of Ai away from the town, the Israelites hiding in ambush rose up and captured Ai. They set the town on fire, sending a signal to the the main army of Israelites to turn back upon the forces of Ai. The Israelites completely destroyed the people of Ai and reduced the town to a burning heap of ruins.

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