Joshua 8:2
And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it.
Cross-references
In Joshua 8:7, the same ambush plan is reiterated: rise up and take the city, as the Lord gives it — a direct narrative continuation.
Joshua 8:9 records the execution of the ambush commanded here — the men are sent to the place of ambush, carrying out the strategy.
In Joshua 8:12, this command is executed as Joshua sets the ambush behind Ai, directly following the instruction given here.
In Joshua 8:14, the king of Ai unsuspectingly marches out, unaware of the ambush ordered here, creating the trap's success.
In Joshua 8:19, the ambush arises and burns the city, fulfilling the strategic command given here to lay an ambush.
Joshua 6:21 details the total destruction at Jericho—the pattern God tells Joshua to repeat here for Ai.
Joshua 10:1 shows the news of Ai's fall spreading—confirming the king's capture as commanded here.
Joshua 10:28 records a similar conquest pattern—killing the king and devoting the city, extending the method from Ai.
Deuteronomy 20:14 permits taking plunder in warfare—the legal basis for God's instruction here to take Ai's livestock.
In Judges 20:29-33, Israel uses the same ambush tactic against Benjamin, mirroring Joshua's strategy at Ai.
In 2 Chronicles 13:13, Jeroboam sets an ambush from behind, replicating the military tactic commanded here for Ai.