¹³ So the soldiers took up their positions—with the main camp to the north of the city and the ambush to the west of it. That night Joshua went into the valley.

¹² Joshua had taken about five thousand men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.

⁸ When you have taken the city, set it on fire.^(A) Do what the Lord has commanded.^(B) See to it; you have my orders.”