And he departed from there to the mountain east of Bethel, and there he pitched his tent in Bethel near the sea, and Ai toward the east, and there he built an altar to the Lord, and called on the name of the Lord.

And Joshua sent men to Ai, which is by Beth Aven, saying, Spy out Ai. And the men went up and spied out Ai.

And Joshua sent them, and they went to lie in ambush; and they lay between Bethel and Ai, west of Ai.

There was no one left in Ai who did not pursue after Israel; and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.

The men of Nebo, a hundred and fifty-two.