Joshua 8 · Verse 10

Joshua 8:10

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.
Joshua 8:10, King James Version

Joshua 8:10 in other translations

BSBJoshua got up early the next morning and mobilized his men, and he and the elders of Israel marched before them up to Ai.
WEBJoshua rose up early in the morning, mustered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.
ASVAnd 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.
YLTAnd Joshua riseth early in the morning, and inspecteth the people, and goeth up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai;
DARBYAnd Joshua rose early in the morning, and inspected the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.
BBEAnd early in the morning Joshua got up, and put the people in order, and he and the chiefs of Israel went up before the people to Ai.
WebsterAnd Joshua rose early in the morning, and numbered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.

What does Joshua 8:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
10. Joshua ... numbered the people--that is, the detachment of liers-in-wait; he did this, to be furnished with clear evidence afterwards, that the work had been done without any loss of men, whereby the people's confidence in God would be strengthened and encouragement given them to prosecute the war of invasion with vigor. he and the elders of Israel--the chief magistrates and rulers, whose presence and official authority were necessary to ensure that the cattle and spoil of the city might be equally divided between the combatants and the rest of the people (Nu 31:27)--a military rule in Israel, that would have been very liable to be infringed, if an excited soldiery, eager for booty, had been left to their own will.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 Numbered the people - ויפקד את העם vaiyiphkod eth haam, he visited the people - inspected their ranks to see whether every thing was in perfect readiness, that in case they should be needed they might be led on to the attack. There is no doubt that Joshua had left the rest of the army so disposed and ready, part of it having probably advanced towards Ai, that he might easily receive reinforcements in case of any disaster to the thirty thousand which had advanced against the city; and this consideration will serve to remove a part of the difficulty which arises from Jos 8:1, Jos 8:3, Jos 8:10, collated with other parts of this chapter. Had he brought all his troops in sight, the people of Ai would not have attempted to risk a battle, and would consequently have kept within their walls, from which it was the object of Joshua to decoy them. See the preceding observations, particularly Jos 8:10-12 (note).

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 8:3-22

Observe Joshua's conduct and prudence. Those that would maintain their spiritual conflicts must not love their ease. Probably he went into the valley alone, to pray to God for a blessing, and he did not seek in vain. He never drew back till the work was done. Those that have stretched out their hands against their spiritual enemies, must never draw them back.

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Joshua 8:10 in the original Hebrew

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וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֤םvai.yash.Kemand he rose earlyH7925
יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙ye.ho.Shu.a'JoshuaH3091
בַּבֹּ֔קֶרba.Bo.kerin the morningH1242
וַיִּפְקֹ֖דvai.yif.Kodand he musteredH6485
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הָעָ֑םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
וַיַּ֨עַלvai.Ya.'aland he went upH5927
ה֜וּאhu'heH1931
וְזִקְנֵ֧יve.zik.Neiand [the] elders ofH2205
יִשְׂרָאֵ֛לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
לִפְנֵ֥יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440
הָעָ֖םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
הָעָֽי\׃ha.'Ai<the> AiH5857

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Joshua 8:10

  • Joshua 7:16

    So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken:

  • Genesis 22:3

    And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.

  • Psalms 119:60

    I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.

  • Joshua 3:1

    And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.

  • Joshua 6:12

    And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the Lord.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
rose up.
3:1; 6:12; 7:16; Ps 119:60

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Context

  • Joshua 8:9

    Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Beth–el and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people.

  • Joshua 8:10

    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.

  • Joshua 8:11

    And all the people, even the people of war that were with him, went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on the north side of Ai: now there was a valley between them and Ai.

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Joshua 8:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y levantándose Josué muy de mañana, revistó al pueblo, y subió él, con los ancianos de Israel, delante del pueblo contra Hai.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Josué se leva de bonne heure le matin, et inspecta le peuple; et il monta, lui et les anciens d’Israël, devant le peuple, vers Aï;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Josua machte sich des Morgens früh auf und musterte das Volk; und er zog hinauf, er und die Ältesten von Israel, vor dem Volke her nach Ai.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		surgensque diluculo recensuit socios, et ascendit cum senioribus in fronte exercitus, vallatus auxilio pugnatorum.