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.

When you have taken the city, set it on fire.(A) Do what the Lord has commanded.(B) See to it; you have my orders.”

Then Joshua sent them off, and they went to the place of ambush(C) and lay in wait between Bethel and Ai, to the west of Ai—but Joshua spent that night with the people.

10 Early the next morning(D) Joshua mustered his army, and he and the leaders of Israel(E) marched before them to Ai.

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