Joshua 8:3

So Joshua and the fighting-men got ready to go up against Ai; and Joshua took thirty thousand men of war, and sent them out by night.

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In The King James Version

So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour, and sent them away by night.

In Context

2And you are to do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king: but their goods and their cattle you may take for yourselves: let a secret force be stationed to make a surprise attack on the town from the back.

4And he gave them their orders, saying, Go and take up your position secretly at the back of the town: do not go very far away, and let all of you be ready:

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Cross References

Exodus 17:9And Moses said to Joshua, Get together a band of men for us and go out, make war on Amalek: tomorrow I will take my place on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand.

Judges 9:32So now, get up by night, you and your people, and keep watch in the field secretly;

Matthew 24:50The lord of that servant will come in a day when he is not looking for him, and in an hour of which he has no knowledge,

1 Thessalonians 5:2For you yourselves have the knowledge that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 8:2-3

The Destruction of Ai. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 And the Lord said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed: take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai: see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land: 2 And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it. Israel were very happy in having such a… Read the whole commentary →

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