4And he gave them their orders, saying, Go and take up your position secretly at the back of the town: do not go very far away, and let all of you be ready:
5And I and all the people with me will come near the town, and when they come out against us as they did before, we will go in flight from them;
6And they will come out after us, till we have got them away from the town; for they will say, They have gone in flight from us as before; so we will go in flight before them;
7Then you will get up from your secret position and take the town, for the Lord your God will give it up into your hands.
8And when you have taken the town, put fire to it, as the Lord has said: see, I have given you your orders.
9So Joshua sent them out: and they took up a secret position between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua kept with the people that night.
10And early in the morning Joshua got up, and put the people in order, and he and the chiefs of Israel went up before the people to Ai.
