1 The Lord then said to Joshua: Do not be afraid or dismayed. Take all the army with you and prepare to attack Ai. I have delivered the king of Ai into your power, with his people, city, and land.
2 Do to Ai and its king what you did to Jericho and its king—except that you may take its spoil and livestock as plunder. Set an ambush behind the city.
3 So Joshua and all the soldiers prepared to attack Ai. Picking out thirty thousand warriors, Joshua sent them off by night
4 with these orders: “See that you ambush the city from the rear. Do not be very far from the city. All of you must be ready.
5 The rest of the people and I will come up to the city, and when they make a sortie against us as they did the last time, we will flee from them.