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OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_took about_five thousand(s) man and_he/it_assigned DOM_them an_ambush between house_of wwww and_between the_ˊAy to_west of_the_city.
OET (OET-RV) (He had sent around five thousand warriors to lie in ambush between Bethel and Ay, west of the city,
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
וַיִּקַּ֕ח כַּחֲמֵ֥שֶׁת אֲלָפִ֖ים אִ֑ישׁ וַיָּ֨שֶׂם אוֹתָ֜ם אֹרֵ֗ב
and=he/it_took about,five thousand (a)_man and=he/it_assigned DOM,them ambush
This statement seems to be a reminder of what Joshua did in 8:3–9. For a discussion of why 8:3 says that Joshua sent 30,000 men to lie in ambush while this verse says that he sent about 5,000 men, see the General Notes to this chapter.
8:1-13 The first attempt to conquer Ai had been done without consulting God; the second attempt would be made at God’s command and direction. Before the second attempt, God spoke to Joshua again and gave him a strategy. More importantly, in light of Israel’s recent disaster, God gave him encouragement and a promise.
OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_took about_five thousand(s) man and_he/it_assigned DOM_them an_ambush between house_of wwww and_between the_ˊAy to_west of_the_city.
OET (OET-RV) (He had sent around five thousand warriors to lie in ambush between Bethel and Ay, west of the city,
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.