Joshua 8:3

So Joshua and all the people got ready to attack Ai. He chose thirty thousand of his best fighting men and sent them out at night.

Free Bible Version

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

2You will do to Ai and its king what you did to Jericho and its king. However, this time you may keep for yourselves the plunder and the livestock. Set up an ambush behind the town.”

4He ordered them, “You lie in ambush behind the town, not far away. All of you need to be ready.

Read all of Joshua 8

Cross References

Exodus 17:9Moses told Joshua, “Choose some men and go out and fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I'll stand on the top of this hill holding the walking stick of God.”

Judges 9:32So come at night with your army and hide in the countryside.

Matthew 24:50Then that servant's master will return when the man doesn't expect him, at a time he doesn't know.

1 Thessalonians 5:2You yourselves know very well 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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Joshua 8:3