Joshua 8:4-9

4with these orders: “Hide in ambush close behind the town and be ready for action.

5When our main army attacks, the men of Ai will come out to fight as they did before, and we will run away from them.

6We will let them chase us until we have drawn them away from the town. For they will say, ‘The Israelites are running away from us as they did before.’ Then, while we are running from them,

7you will jump up from your ambush and take possession of the town, for the Lord your God will give it to you.

8Set the town on fire, as the Lord has commanded. You have your orders.”

9So they left and went to the place of ambush between Bethel and the west side of Ai. But Joshua remained among the people in the camp that night.