And he took, or, rather, but he had taken, to wit, out of the said number of thirty thousand, for this is added by way of recapitulation and further explication of what is said in general, Joshua 8:9.
Related Commentaries of Joshua 8:12
Joshua 8:12
12 And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.