8:3 Joshua and the whole army marched against Ai. 2 Joshua selected thirty thousand brave warriors and sent them out at night.
1 tn Heb “I have given into your hand Jericho.” The Hebrew verb נָתַתִּי (natatti, “I have given”) is probably best understood as a perfect of certitude, indicating the certainty of the action. The Hebrew pronominal suffix “your” is singular, being addressed to Joshua as the leader and representative of the nation. To convey to the modern reader what is about to happen and who is doing it, the translation “I am about to defeat Jericho for you” has been used.
2 tn “And Joshua and all the people of war arose to go up [against] Ai.”