Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version So Joshua and the whole army moved out to attack Ai. He chose thirty thousand of his best fighting men and sent them out at night New Living Translation So Joshua and all the fighting men set out to attack Ai. Joshua chose 30,000 of his best warriors and sent them out at night English Standard Version So Joshua and all the fighting men arose to go up to Ai. And Joshua chose 30,000 mighty men of valor and sent them out by night. Berean Standard Bible So Joshua and the whole army set out to attack Ai. Joshua chose 30,000 mighty men of valor and sent them out at night King James Bible 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. New King James Version So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai; and Joshua chose thirty thousand mighty men of valor and sent them away by night. New American Standard Bible So Joshua rose up with all the people of war to go up to Ai; and Joshua chose thirty thousand men, valiant warriors, and sent them out at night. NASB 1995 So Joshua rose with all the people of war to go up to Ai; and Joshua chose 30,000 men, valiant warriors, and sent them out at night. NASB 1977 So Joshua rose with all the people of war to go up to Ai; and Joshua chose 30,000 men, valiant warriors, and sent them out at night. Legacy Standard Bible So Joshua rose with all the people of war to go up to Ai; and Joshua chose 30,000 men, valiant warriors, and sent them out at night. Amplified Bible So Joshua set out with all the people of war to go up against Ai; then Joshua chose thirty thousand valiant men, and sent them out at night. Christian Standard Bible So Joshua and all the troops set out to attack Ai. Joshua selected thirty thousand of his best soldiers and sent them out at night. Holman Christian Standard Bible So Joshua and the whole military force set out to attack Ai. Joshua selected 30,000 fighting men and sent them out at night. American Standard Version So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand men, the mighty men of valor, and sent them forth by night. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And Yeshua arose and all the people, the workers of war, to go up to Ai, and Yeshua chose three thousand men of the mighty men in their armies, and he sent them in the night Brenton Septuagint Translation And Joshua and all the men of war rose to go up to Gai; and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men, and he sent them away by night. Douay-Rheims Bible And Josue arose, and all the army of the fighting men with him, to go up against Hai: and he sent thirty thousand chosen valiant men in the night, English Revised Version So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand men, the mighty men of valour, and sent them forth by night. GOD'S WORD® Translation So Joshua and all the soldiers started to march against Ai. Joshua picked 30,000 of his best soldiers and sent them out at night Good News Translation So Joshua got ready to go to Ai with all his soldiers. He picked out thirty thousand of his best troops and sent them out at night International Standard Version So Joshua and all of the fighting men prepared to go out against Ai. Joshua selected 30,000 valiant warriors and sent them out by night, JPS Tanakh 1917 So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai; and Joshua chose out thirty thousand men, the mighty men of valour, and sent them forth by night. Literal Standard Version And Joshua rises, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai, and Joshua chooses thirty thousand men, mighty men of valor, and sends them away by night, Majority Standard Bible So Joshua and the whole army set out to attack Ai. Joshua chose 30,000 mighty men of valor and sent them out at night New American Bible So Joshua and all the soldiers prepared to attack Ai. Picking out thirty thousand warriors, Joshua sent them off by night NET Bible Joshua and the whole army marched against Ai. Joshua selected thirty thousand brave warriors and sent them out at night. New Revised Standard Version So Joshua and all the fighting men set out to go up against Ai. Joshua chose thirty thousand warriors and sent them out by night New Heart English Bible So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai. Joshua chose thirty thousand men, the mighty men of valor, and sent them out by night. Webster's Bible Translation So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valor, and sent them away by night. World English Bible So Joshua arose, with all the warriors, to go up to Ai. Joshua chose thirty thousand men, the mighty men of valor, and sent them out by night. Young's Literal Translation And Joshua riseth, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai, and Joshua chooseth thirty thousand men, mighty ones of valour, and sendeth them away by night, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Conquest of Ai…2And you shall do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king, except that you may carry off their plunder and livestock for yourselves. Set up an ambush behind the city.” 3So Joshua and the whole army set out to attack Ai. Joshua chose 30,000 mighty men of valor and sent them out at night 4with these orders: “Pay attention. You are to lie in ambush behind the city, not too far from it. All of you must be ready.… Cross References Joshua 8:2 And you shall do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king, except that you may carry off their plunder and livestock for yourselves. Set up an ambush behind the city." Joshua 8:4 with these orders: "Pay attention. You are to lie in ambush behind the city, not too far from it. All of you must be ready. Treasury of Scripture So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valor, and sent them away by night. by night Matthew 24:39,50 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be… Matthew 25:6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. 1 Thessalonians 5:2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. Jump to Previous Ai Army Attack Chooseth Chose Joshua Mighty Moved Night Ready Riseth Rose Thirty Thousand Valiant Valor Valour War Warriors WholeJump to Next Ai Army Attack Chooseth Chose Joshua Mighty Moved Night Ready Riseth Rose Thirty Thousand Valiant Valor Valour War Warriors WholeJoshua 8 1. God encourages Joshua3. The plan whereby Ai was taken 29. The king thereof is hanged 30. Joshua builds an altar 32. writes the law on stones 33. and pronounces the blessings and curses (3) And Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men.--Some difficulty arises from the fact that thirty thousand men are mentioned as having been sent away with general instructions to form an ambush in the first instance, while five thousand were ultimately posted between Bethel and Ai. Were there two distinct bodies in ambush, or only one? It does not seem possible to answer this question with absolute certainty; but we ought to notice in the first place what the aim of Joshua was. He meant to isolate the town of Ai, taking it in front and flank; but there was another town immediately in the rear, less than two miles off. It was necessary, therefore, to employ a sufficient body of men to close the communications between Bethel and Ai from the first.Verse 3. - Thirty thousand. In ver. 12 we read 5,000, and this must be the true reading. Thirty thousand men could hardly have been posted, without detection, in the ravines around Ai, whereas we are informed by travellers that there would have been no difficulty in concealing 5,000 men there. See, however, the passage cited from Lieut. Conder's Report in the note on Joshua 7:2. The confused condition of the numbers in the present text of the Old Testament is a well known fact, and it is proved by the great discrepancies in this respect between the Books of Chronicles and those of Samuel and Kings. Some have thought (e.g., Haverniek, 'Introduction to the Old Testament,' II. 1:15) that two bands were laid in ambush, one on the northwest and the other on the southwest. This is a possible, though not probable, solution of the difficulty (see below). Then we must suppose that the city was nearly surrounded, Joshua and the main body on the southeast, the larger detachment on the north (ver. 13), and the smaller ambush on the west (see note on ver. 13). Keil, in his earlier editions, supposed that Joshua assaulted Ai with 30,000 men, out of whom he chose 5,000 as an ambush. So also Hengstenberg's 'Geschichte des Reiches Gottes,' p. 219. But this only introduces a third contradiction, for we are told both in vers. 1 and 3 that Joshua took with him "all the men of war." Keil has, however, abandoned that supposition, which is contrary to all the ancient versions, including the present text of the LXX. The Bishop of Lincoln suggests that 5,000 men may have been detached to reinforce the former detachment of 30,000. But to say nothing of the improbability of an ambush of 35,000 men remaining undetected (and they were specially instructed - see next verse - not to station themselves far from the city), we have the plain statement in ver. 12 וַיָּשֶׂם אותָם אורֵב "he stationed (or had stationed) them as an ambush." Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew So Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ (yə·hō·wō·šu·a‘) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3091: Joshua -- 'the LORD is salvation', Moses' successor, also the name of a number of Israelites and the whole וְכָל־ (wə·ḵāl) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every army הַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה (ham·mil·ḥā·māh) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 4421: A battle, war set out וַיָּ֧קָם (way·yā·qām) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6965: To arise, stand up, stand to attack לַעֲל֣וֹת (la·‘ă·lō·wṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively Ai. הָעָ֑י (hā·‘āy) Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 5857: Ai -- a Canaanite city Joshua יְ֠הוֹשֻׁעַ (yə·hō·wō·šu·a‘) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3091: Joshua -- 'the LORD is salvation', Moses' successor, also the name of a number of Israelites chose וַיִּבְחַ֣ר (way·yiḇ·ḥar) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 977: To try, select 30,000 שְׁלֹשִׁ֨ים (šə·lō·šîm) Number - common plural Strong's 7970: Thirty, thirtieth valiant הַחַ֔יִל (ha·ḥa·yil) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2428: A force, an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength warriors גִּבּוֹרֵ֣י (gib·bō·w·rê) Adjective - masculine plural construct Strong's 1368: Powerful, warrior, tyrant and sent them out וַיִּשְׁלָחֵ֖ם (way·yiš·lā·ḥêm) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out at night לָֽיְלָה׃ (lā·yə·lāh) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3915: A twist, night, adversity Links Joshua 8:3 NIVJoshua 8:3 NLT Joshua 8:3 ESV Joshua 8:3 NASB Joshua 8:3 KJV Joshua 8:3 BibleApps.com Joshua 8:3 Biblia Paralela Joshua 8:3 Chinese Bible Joshua 8:3 French Bible Joshua 8:3 Catholic Bible OT History: Joshua 8:3 So Joshua arose and all the people (Josh. 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