en_tn/jos/08/15.md

let themselves be defeated before them

AT: "acted as if the men of Ai were defeating them" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)

All the people who were in the city were called together

"The city leaders called all the people in the city together" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)

All the people who were in the city

"All the soldiers" (see UDB)

They abandoned the city

"They left the city completely without protection" or "After they left, there was no one in the city to protect it"