8:3 Joshua and the whole army marched against Ai. 3 Joshua selected thirty thousand brave warriors and sent them out at night.
1 tn Heb “All the people who went out from Egypt, the males, all the men of war, died in the desert in the way when they went out from Egypt.”
2 tn Heb “and go around the city, all [you] men of war, encircling the city one time.” The Hebrew verb וְסַבֹּתֶם (vÿsabbotem, “and go around”) is plural, being addressed to the whole army.
3 tn “And Joshua and all the people of war arose to go up [against] Ai.”
4 tn Heb “All the people of war who were with him went up and approached and came opposite the city.”
5 tn Heb “and the valley [was] between them and Ai.”
5 tn Heb “Joshua and all the people of war with him came upon them at the Waters of Merom suddenly and fell upon them.”