8 H6275 He left H2022 from there to the mountain H6924 on the east H1008 of Bethel, H5186 and pitched H168 his tent, H1008 having Bethel H3220 on the west, H5857 and Ai H6924 on the east. H1129 There he built H4196 an altar H3068 to Yahweh H7121 and called H8034 on the name H3068 of Yahweh.
2 H3091 Joshua H7971 sent H582 men H3405 from Jericho H5857 to Ai, H5973 which is beside H1007 Beth Aven, H6924 on the east side H1008 of Bethel, H559 and spoke H559 to them, saying, H5927 "Go up H7270 and spy H776 out the land." H582 The men H5927 went up H7270 and spied H5857 out Ai.
9 H3091 Joshua H7971 sent them out; H3212 and they went H3993 to set up the ambush, H3427 and stayed H1008 between Bethel H5857 and Ai, H3220 on the west side H5857 of Ai; H3091 but Joshua H3885 stayed H8432 among H5971 the people H3915 that night.
17 H376 There was not a man H7604 left H5857 in Ai H1008 or Beth El H3318 who didn't go out H310 after H3478 Israel. H5800 They left H5892 the city H6605 open, H7291 and pursued H3478 Israel.