⁴with these orders: “Hide on the other side of the city, but not too far away from it; be ready to attack. ⁵My men and I will approach the city. When the men of Ai come out against us, we will turn and run, just as we did the first time. ⁶They will pursue us until we have led them away from the city. They will think that we are running away from them, as we did before. ⁷Then you will come out of hiding and capture the city. The Lord your God will give it to you. ⁸After you have taken the city, set it on fire, just as the Lord has commanded. These are your orders.” ⁹So Joshua sent them out, and they went to their hiding place and waited there, west of Ai, between Ai and Bethel. Joshua spent the night in camp.

¹⁰Early in the morning Joshua got up and called the soldiers together. Then he and the leaders of Israel led them to Ai. ¹¹The soldiers with him went towards the main entrance to the city and set up camp on the north side, with a valley between themselves and Ai. ¹²He took about 5,000 men and put them in hiding west of the city, between Ai and Bethel.

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