Joshua 8:2-5

New English Translation

² Do to Ai and its king what you did to Jericho and its king, except you may plunder its goods and cattle. Set an ambush behind the city.”

³ Joshua and the whole army marched against Ai.^[a] Joshua selected 30,000 brave warriors and sent them out at night. ⁴ He ordered them, “Look, set an ambush behind the city. Don’t go very far from the city; all of you be ready! ⁵ I and all the troops^[b] who are with me will approach the city. When they come out to fight us like before, we will retreat from them.