2 Treat Ai and its king as you did Jericho and its king,j except that you may plunder its spoil and livestock for yourselves.k Set an ambush behind the city.”l

3 So Joshua and all the troops set out to attack Ai. Joshua selected thirty thousand of his best soldiers and sent them out at night. 4 He commanded them, “Pay attention. Lie in ambush behind the city, not too far from it, and all of you be ready.m