Joshua 8:13

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

So they stationed the forces, the main encampment that was north of the city and its rear guard west of the city, and Joshua went that night into the valley.

Cross References

Joshua 8:12

Taking about five thousand men, he 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 his people, the inhabitants of the city, hurried out early in the morning to the meeting place facing the Arabah to meet Israel in battle, but he did not know that there was an ambush against him behind the city.

Joshua 8:8

And when you have taken the city, you shall set the city on fire, doing as the Lord has ordered; see, I have commanded you.”