8 Later he moved from there to the mountainous region to the east of Bethʹel+ and pitched his tent with Bethʹel on the west and Aʹi+ on the east. Then he built an altar there to Jehovah+ and began to call on the name* of Jehovah.+

2 Then Joshua sent men out from Jerʹi·cho to Aʹi,+ which is close by Beth-aʹven,+ to the east of Bethʹel,+ and said to them: “Go up and spy on the land.” Accordingly the men went up and spied on Aʹi.+

17 And there was not a man remaining in Aʹi and Bethʹel* that did not go out after Israel, so that they left the city wide open and went chasing after Israel.