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13 [a]So they set the people, even all the host that was on the north of the city, and their liers-in-wait that were on the west of the city; and Joshua [b]went that night into the midst of the valley. 14 And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, [c]at the time appointed, before the Arabah; but he knew not that there was an ambush against him behind the city. 15 And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

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  1. Joshua 8:13 Or, So the people set all etc.
  2. Joshua 8:13 Some manuscripts read, lodged that night in
  3. Joshua 8:14 Or, to the place appointed