Joshua 8:18-21

The Voice

Joshua raised his javelin toward the city; ¹⁹ and as he did so, the forces he had hidden in ambush rushed into the city, seizing it and setting it on fire.

^20-21 The men of Ai looked back and saw the smoke rising from their city into the sky; and when Joshua saw that his ambush had been successful, he turned the fleeing Israelites around to crush the disheartened men of Ai. There was nowhere for the men of the city to retreat. Before them, the Israelites turned to attack;