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 [a]among the people.

10 And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and [b]numbered the people: and he and the Elders of Israel went up before the people against Ai.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 8:9 With the rest of the army.
  2. Joshua 8:10 That is, viewed or mustered them, and set them in array.

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