Joshua 8:13

New International Version

So the soldiers took up their positions—with the main camp to the north of the city and the ambush to the west of it. That night Joshua went into the valley.

Cross References

Joshua 8:12

Joshua had taken about five thousand men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.

Joshua 8:14

When the king of Ai saw this, he and all the men of the city hurried out early in the morning to meet Israel in battle at a certain place overlooking the Arabah. But he did not know that an ambush had been set against him behind the city.

Joshua 8:8

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