Joshua 8:2-12

2And you shall doH6213 to AiH5857 and its kingH4428 asH834 you didH6213 to JerichoH3405 and its kingH4428, except thatH7535 you may carry offH962 their plunderH7998 and livestockH929 for yourselves. Set upH7760 an ambushH693 behindH310 the cityH5892.”

3So JoshuaH3091 and the wholeH3605 armyH4421H5971 set outH6965 to attackH5927 AiH5857. JoshuaH3091 choseH977 30,000H7970H505H376 mighty menH1368 of valorH2428 and sent them outH7971 at nightH3915 4with these ordersH6680: “Pay attentionH7200. YouH859 are to lie in ambushH693 behindH310 the cityH5892, notH408 tooH3966 farH7368 from itH5892. All of youH3605 must beH1961 readyH3559. 5Then IH589 and allH3605 the troopsH5971 with meH854 will advanceH7126H413 on the cityH5892H1961. WhenH3588 they come outH3318 against usH7122 asH834 they did the first timeH7223, we will fleeH5127 from themH6440. 6They will pursue usH3318H310 untilH5704 we have drawn them awayH5423 fromH4480 the cityH5892, forH3588 they will sayH559, ‘The Israelites are running awayH5127 from usH6440 as they did beforeH834H7223.’ So as we fleeH5127 from themH6440, 7youH859 are to riseH6965 from the ambushH693 and seizeH3423 the cityH5892, for the LORDH3068 your GodH430 will deliver itH5414 into your handH3027. 8AndH1961 when you have takenH8610 the cityH5892, set itH5892 on fireH3341. DoH6213 as the LORDH3068 has commandedH1697! SeeH7200, I have given you ordersH6680.”

9So JoshuaH3091 sent them outH7971, and they wentH1980 toH413 the place of ambushH3993 and lay in waitH3427 betweenH996 BethelH1008 andH996 AiH5857, to the westH3220 of AiH5857. ButH3091 Joshua spentH3885 thatH1931 nightH3915 amongH8432 the peopleH5971.

10JoshuaH3091 got up earlyH7925 the next morningH1242 and mobilizedH6485 his men, and heH1931 and the eldersH2205 of IsraelH3478 marchedH5927 beforeH6440 them up to AiH5857. 11Then allH3605 the troopsH5971H4421 whoH834 were with himH854 marched upH5927 and approachedH5066 the cityH5892. They arrivedH935 in frontH5048 of Ai and campedH2583 to the northH6828 of itH5857, with the valleyH1516 between themH996 and the cityH5857.

12Now Joshua had takenH3947 about fiveH2568 thousandH505 menH376 and set upH7760 an ambushH693 betweenH996 BethelH1008 andH996 AiH5857, to the westH3220 of the cityH5892.