Joshua 8:10 - Forerunner Commentary

Joshua 8:10

8 And it will be, when you have taken the city, that you shall set the city on fire. According to the commandment of the Lord you shall do. ^aSee, I have commanded you.”

9 Joshua therefore sent them out; and they went to lie in ambush, and stayed between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai; but Joshua lodged that night among the people.

10 Then Joshua rose up early in the morning and mustered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.

11 ^aAnd all the people of war who were with him went up and drew near; and they came before the city and camped on the north side of Ai. Now a valley lay between them and Ai.

12 So he took about five thousand men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.

13 And when they had set the people, all the army that was on the north of the city, and its rear guard on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.

14 Now it happened, when the king of Ai saw it, that the men of the city hurried and rose early and went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at an appointed place before the plain. But he ^adid not know that there was an ambush against him behind the city.

Verse Comparison: Joshua 8:10

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American Standard Version
And Joshua arose up early in the morning, and mustered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.

Amplified® Bible
Joshua rose up early in the morning and mustered the men, and went up with the elders of Israel before the warriors to Ai.

Contemporary English Version
Early the next morning he got his troops ready to move out, and he and the other leaders of Israel led them to Ai.

Darby English Version
And Joshua rose early in the morning, and inspected the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.

Good News Bible
Early in the morning Joshua got up and called the soldiers together. Then he and the leaders of Israel led them to Ai.

King James Version
And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.

New American Standard Bible
Now Joshua rose early in the morning and mustered the people, and he went up with the elders of Israel before the people to Ai.

New International Version
Early the next morning Joshua mustered his men, and he and the leaders of Israel marched before them to Ai.

New King James Version
Then Joshua rose up early in the morning and mustered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Now Joshua rose early in the morning and mustered the people, and he went up with the elders of Israel before the people to Ai.

Revised Standard Version
And Joshua arose early in the morning and mustered the people, and went up, with the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.

Young's Literal Translation
And Joshua riseth early in the morning, and inspecteth the people, and goeth up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai;

New English Translation
Bright and early the next morning Joshua gathered¹ the army,² and he and the leaders³ of Israel marched⁴ at the head of it⁵ to Ai.

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