In 8.1-13: Setting a trap at Ai.
In verse 2: From now on, Israel is to follow the more usual pattern of killing all potential slaves, but keeping the other spoils of war.
Even though ultimate victory is given by the Lord (vv. 1, 7, 18), human strategy (an ambush) is still required.
In verse 3; Here the ambush is thirty thousand strong; in v. 12 it will number only five thousand.
Such irregularities result when narrative versions were blended together.
In verse 8: The tactical purpose of setting the city on fire is not revealed until v. 20.
Unanswered questions boost the readers interest.
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