And when they had set the people, even all the host that was on the north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the city, Y'howshu`a went that night into the midst of the valley.
And it shall be, when ye have taken the city, that ye shall set the city on fire: according to The Commandment of YY shall ye do. See, I have Commanded you.
And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Yisrael to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city.