And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready:

And commanded them, saying: Lay an ambush behind the city: and go not very far from it: and be ye all ready.

and commandeth them, saying, 'See, ye are liers in wait against the city, at the rear of the city, ye go not very far off from the city, and all of you have been prepared,

And 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:

And he instructed them, saying: "Set an ambush behind the city. You shall withdraw not far away, and let everyone be prepared.

Ac praecepit eis, dicendo, Attendite vos, Insidiabimini urbi a tergo ejus, nec removeatis vos ab ea procul, sed estote omnes vos parati.

And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye (b) shall lie in wait against the city, [even] behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready:
(b) God would not destroy Ai by a miracle, as Jericho, so that other nations would fear the power and policy of his people.

And he commanded them, saying,.... At the time he sent them away:
behold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, even behind the city; that is, on the west side of it, Joshua 8:9,
go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready; to enter into it, as soon as the forces are drawn out eastward to meet the army of Israel.

behind the city--is rendered (Joshua 8:9), "on the west side of Ai."

Them - The same party last spoken of, even the five thousand mentioned Joshua 8:12, there are only two parties engaged in the taking of Ai, and but one ambush, as plainly appears by comparing Joshua 8:9, with Joshua 8:12, which speaks only of five thousand, who are justly supposed to be a part of those thirty thousand named, Joshua 8:3.