8:3 Joshua and the whole army marched against Ai. 4 Joshua selected thirty thousand brave warriors and sent them out at night.
1 tn An alternative reading is “and they said.” In this case the subject is indefinite and the verb should be translated as passive, “[the army] was told.”
2 tn Heb “the people.”
3 tn Heb “pass by.”
4 tn “And Joshua and all the people of war arose to go up [against] Ai.”