⁷ So Joshua went up from Gilgal with all his army and all his men of war.

¹ Then the Lord said to Joshua, Have no fear and do not be troubled: take with you all the fighting-men and go up against Ai: for I have given into your hands the king of Ai and his people and his town and his land:

¹² Do not say, It is holy, about everything of which this people says, It is holy; and do not be in fear of what they go in fear of.

¹⁴ And he will be for a holy place: but for a stone of falling and a rock of trouble to the two houses of Israel, and to the men of Jerusalem, for a net in which they may be taken.