Joshua 8:4–12

⁴And he commanded them, saying, See, ye shall be in ambush against the city, behind the city: go not very far from the city, and be all of you ready. ⁵And I and all the people that are with me will approach to the city; and it shall come to pass when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them. ⁶And they will come out after us till we have drawn them from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first; and we will flee before them. ⁷And ye shall rise up from the ambush and take possession of the city; and Jehovah your God will deliver it into your hand. ⁸And it shall be when ye have taken the city, that ye shall set the city on fire; according to the word of Jehovah shall ye do. See, I have commanded you. ⁹And Joshua sent them forth; and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west of Ai. And Joshua lodged that night among the people. ¹⁰And Joshua rose early in the morning, and inspected the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai. ¹¹And all the people of war that were with him went up, and drew near, and came before the city; and they encamped on the north of Ai; and the valley was between them and Ai. ¹²Now he had taken about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west of the city.