World English Bible
"Joshua rose up early in the morning, mustered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai."
— Joshua 8:10, World English Bible
“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.”
“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. ”
“Bright and early the next morning Joshua gathered the army, and he and the leaders of Israel marched at the head of it to Ai.”
“And rising early in the morning, he mustered his soldiers, and went up with the ancients in the front of the army, environed with the aid of the fighting men.”
“And 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.”
“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.”
and you shall rise up from the ambush, and take possession of the city; for Yahweh your God will deliver it into your hand.
It shall be, when you have seized on the city, that you shall set the city on fire. You shall do this according to the word of Yahweh. Behold, I have commanded you."
Joshua sent them out; and they went to set up the ambush, and stayed between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai; but Joshua stayed among the people that night.
Joshua rose up early in the morning, mustered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.
All the people, even the men of war who were with him, went up, and drew near, and came before the city, and encamped on the north side of Ai. Now there was a valley between him and Ai.
He took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.
So they set the people, even all the army who was on the north of the city, and their ambush on the west of the city; and Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.