And, all the people of war who were with him, went up, and drew near, and came in, right before the city,—and pitched on the north of Ai, with, a valley, between them and Ai.
And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and mustered the people,—and went up—he and the elders of Israel, before the people, to Ai.
And he took about five thousand men,—and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west of the city.