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Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth Aven, on the east side of Bethel, and spoke to them, saying, “Go up and spy out the land.” The men went up and spied out Ai.
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Verse 2. Against Hai, to see the situation and strength of that city, which was about 10 miles west, or rather north, of Jericho. It was afterwards rebuilt, 1 Ezra 2:28.—Bethaven and Bethel are the same place; (S. Jerom. Calmet.) though many distinguish them, with Cellarius. The former name means “the house of iniquity,” because Jeroboam there set up a golden calf. Bethel was its former appellation, in consequence of the vision of Jacob. Genesis 28.
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