Then you shall rise up from lying in wait and [a]destroy the city: for the Lord your God will deliver it into your hand.

And when ye have taken the city, ye shall set it on fire: according to the commandment of the Lord shall ye do: behold, I have charged you.

¶ Joshua then sent them forth, and they went to lie in wait, and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the West side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night [b]among the people.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 8:7 Or, drive out (the inhabitants) of the city.
  2. Joshua 8:9 With the rest of the army.

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