Joshua 8:8-10

New International Reader's Version

⁸ When you have taken it, set it on fire. Do what the Lord has commanded. Make sure you obey my orders.”

⁹ Then Joshua sent them away. They went to the place where they had planned to hide. They hid in a place west of Ai. It was between Bethel and Ai. But Joshua spent that night with his troops.

¹⁰ Early the next morning Joshua brought together his army. He and the leaders of Israel marched in front of them to Ai.