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Joshua 8:2-12

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2 You will do the same thing to Ai and its king that you did to Jericho and its king. However, you may take its loot and livestock for yourselves. Set an ambush behind the city."
2 You shall do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king, except that you may carry off their plunder and livestock for yourselves. Set an ambush behind the city.”
3 So Joshua and all the soldiers started to march against Ai. Joshua picked 30,000 of his best soldiers and sent them out at night
3 So Joshua and the whole army moved out to attack Ai. He chose thirty thousand of his best fighting men and sent them out at night
4 with these orders: "Set an ambush behind the city. Don't go very far away from the city. Everyone must be ready.
4 with these orders: “Listen carefully. You are to set an ambush behind the city. Don’t go very far from it. All of you be on the alert.
5 I'll approach the city with the rest of the troops. When they come out to attack us as they did the first time, we will run away from them.
5 I and all those with me will advance on the city, and when the men come out against us, as they did before, we will flee from them.
6 They'll come out after us, and we will lure them away from the city. They'll say, 'They're running away from us just like the first time.' As we run away from them,
6 They will pursue us until we have lured them away from the city, for they will say, ‘They are running away from us as they did before.’ So when we flee from them,
7 you come out of hiding and capture the city. The LORD your God will hand it over to you.
7 you are to rise up from ambush and take the city. The LORD your God will give it into your hand.
8 When you have captured the city, set it on fire. Do what the LORD says. These are your orders."
8 When you have taken the city, set it on fire. Do what the LORD has commanded. See to it; you have my orders.”
9 So Joshua sent them out, and they hid. They took their position west of Ai, between Bethel and Ai. Joshua spent the night with the troops.
9 Then Joshua sent them off, and they went to the place of ambush and lay in wait between Bethel and Ai, to the west of Ai—but Joshua spent that night with the people.
10 Joshua got up early in the morning and assembled the troops. Then he and the leaders of Israel led the army to Ai.
10 Early the next morning Joshua mustered his army, and he and the leaders of Israel marched before them to Ai.
11 All the troops with him marched until they were near the city. They camped north of Ai with the ravine between them and Ai.
11 The entire force that was with him marched up and approached the city and arrived in front of it. They set up camp north of Ai, with the valley between them and the city.
12 Joshua had taken about five thousand men and had them hide between Bethel and Ai, west of the city.
12 Joshua had taken about five thousand men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.
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