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"I and all of the men who are with me will go up to the city. The men of Ai will come out to fight against us, just as they did before. Then we'll run away from them.
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They'll chase us until we've drawn them away from the city. They'll say, 'They are running away from us, just as they did before.' "When we run away from them,
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come out of your hiding place. Take over the city. The LORD your God will hand it over to you.
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When you have taken it, set it on fire. Do what the LORD has commanded. Make sure you obey my orders."
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Then Joshua sent them away. They went to the place where they had planned to hide. They hid in a place west of Ai. It was between Bethel and Ai. But Joshua spent that night with his men.