<p class="bodytext">Bright and early the next morning Joshua gathered<n id="1" /> the army,<n id="2" /> and he and the leaders<n id="3" /> of Israel marched<n id="4" /> at the head of it<n id="5" /> to Ai.

<p class="bodytext">Joshua tore his clothes;<n id="1" /> he and the leaders<n id="2" /> of Israel lay face down on the ground before the ark of the <sc>Lordsc> until evening<n id="3" /> and threw dirt on their heads.<n id="4" />