Joshua 8

God told Joshua to trust Him and take his army and attack the land of Ai, using an ambush strategy to conquer king Ai's men. Joshua followed the instructions from the Lord and defeated Ai and destroyed the city, keeping the plunder for the Lord. Then Joshua built an alter at Mount Ebal to the Lord as Moses had formerly instructed. There Joshua, in the presence of the Israelites, copied on stones the entire law of Moses and read all the words of the law aloud to the whole assembly of Israel.