Yosua 8:3-7

8:3 Joshua and the whole army marched against Ai. ¹  Joshua selected thirty thousand brave warriors and sent them out at night. 8:4 He told ²  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 ³  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 ⁴  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 ⁵  and seize ⁶  the city. The Lord your God will hand it over to you.

[8:3]  ¹ tn “And Joshua and all the people of war arose to go up [against] Ai.”

[8:4]  ² tn Or “commanded, ordered.”

[8:5]  ³ tn Heb “the people.”

[8:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “come out after.”

[8:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “from the ambush.”

[8:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “take possession of.”