... > Raamattu > Vanha Testamentti > Exodus, Leviticus, Numeri, Deuteronomion, Joosua: israelilaisten orjuusajasta Egyptissä heidän asettumiseensa Kanaanin maahan > the book of Joshua (Josue) > the conquest of Canaan by the Israelites under Joshua's leadership (part I) > the city of Ai taken by stratagem (Joshua 8:1-29) > when the king of Ai comes out to fight the Israelites, they retreat and pretend to flee from the enemy > as Joshua points his spear at Ai, the men who were lying in ambush storm the city, capture it and set it on fire; Joshua and his men turn round and kill the men of Ai