Joshua 8:10-12

8:10 Bright and early the next morning Joshua gathered ¹  the army, ²  and he and the leaders ³  of Israel marched ⁴  at the head of it ⁵  to Ai. 8:11 All the troops that were with him marched up and drew near the city. ⁶  They camped north of Ai on the other side of the valley. ⁷  8:12 He took five thousand men and set an ambush west of the city between Bethel ⁸  and Ai.

[8:10]  ¹ tn Or “summoned, mustered.”

[8:10]  ² tn Heb “the people.”

[8:10]  ³ tn Or “elders.”

[8:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “went up.”

[8:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “them” (referring to “the people” in the previous clause, which requires a plural pronoun). Since the translation used “army” in the previous clause, a singular pronoun (“it”) is required in English.

[8:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “All the people of war who were with him went up and approached and came opposite the city.”

[8:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “and the valley [was] between them and Ai.”

[8:12]  ¹¹ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.