¹⁴ Your wives, dependents, and livestock may remain in the land Moses gave you on this side of the Jordan. But your best soldiers must cross over in battle formation^[a] ahead of your brothers and help them

³ So Joshua and all the troops set out to attack Ai. Joshua selected thirty thousand of his best soldiers and sent them out at night.

¹⁴ He deported all Jerusalem and all the commanders and all the best soldiers^(A)—ten thousand captives^(B) including all the craftsmen and metalsmiths.^(C) Except for the poorest people of the land,^(D) no one remained.

⁸ Some Gadites defected to David at his stronghold in the desert. They were valiant warriors, trained for battle, expert with shield and spear. Their faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as gazelles on the mountains.^(A)