Jos 7:2, 8:3 | ESV | STEP | Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai , which is near Beth-aven , east of Bethel , and said to them, Go up and spy out the land . And the men went up and spied out Ai .

a ch. 18:12; 1 Sam. 13:5; 14:23; Hos. 4:15; 5:8; 10:5

Joshua 7:2

2 Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near ^aBeth-aven, east of Bethel, and said to them, “Go up and spy out the land.” And the men went up and spied out Ai.

Joshua 8:3

3 So Joshua and all the fighting men arose to go up to Ai. And Joshua chose 30,000 mighty men of valor and sent them out by night.