8:3 Joshua and the whole army marched against Ai. 2 Joshua selected thirty thousand brave warriors and sent them out at night. 8:4 He told 3 them, “Look, set an ambush behind the city. Don’t go very far from the city; all of you be ready! 8:5 I and all the troops 4 who are with me will approach the city. When they come out to fight us like before, we will retreat from them. 8:6 They will attack 5 us until we have lured them from the city, for they will say, ‘They are retreating from us like before.’ We will retreat from them. 8:7 Then you rise up from your hiding place 6 and seize 7 the city. The Lord your God will hand it over to you.
1 map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.
2 tn “And Joshua and all the people of war arose to go up [against] Ai.”
3 tn Or “commanded, ordered.”
4 tn Heb “the people.”
5 tn Heb “come out after.”
6 tn Heb “from the ambush.”
7 tn Heb “take possession of.”