Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
Numbered the people - Rather, perhaps, "mustered" or "arrayed" them for their march. The distance from the camp at Gilgal to Ai is about fifteen miles. In the evening of the day after the despatch of the 5,000 liers in wait, Joshua and the host might make their appearance in the neighborhood of the city.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Joshua 8:10:
Numbers 11:4-35
Isaiah 56:5
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