10 And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and [a]numbered the people: and he and the Elders of Israel went up before the people against Ai.

11 Also all the men of war that were with him went up and drew near, and came against the city, and pitched on the North side of Ai: and there was a valley between them and Ai.

12 And he took about five thousand men, [b]and set them to lie in wait between Bethel and Ai on the West side of the city.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 8:10 That is, viewed or mustered them, and set them in array.
  2. Joshua 8:12 He sent these few, that the others which lay in ambush might not be discovered.

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