Joshua 8:8-10

Contemporary English Version

⁸ Then set it on fire, as the Lord has told us to do. Those are your orders, ⁹ now go!

The 30,000 soldiers went to a place on the west side of Ai, between Ai and Bethel, where they could hide and wait to attack.

That night, Joshua stayed in camp with the rest of the army. ¹⁰ Early the next morning he got his troops ready to move out, and he and the other leaders of Israel led them to Ai.