Joshua 8:3 “So Joshua and the whole army set out to attack Ai. Joshua chose 30,000…”

Joshua 8:3

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

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.

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then Ioshua arose, and all the men of warre to goe vp against Ai: and Ioshua chose out thirtie thousand strong men, and valiant, and sent them away by night.

Darby Translation

And Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai. And Joshua chose thirty thousand valiant men, and sent them away 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,

Bible in Basic English

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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Cross references

“by night”

Matthew 24:39 Matthew 24:50 Matthew 25:6 1 Thessalonians 5:2 2 Peter 3:10

Matthew 24:39 · BSB

And they were oblivious until the flood came and swept them all away. So will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.

Matthew 24:50 · BSB

The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate.

Matthew 25:6 · BSB

At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’

1 Thessalonians 5:2 · BSB

For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

2 Peter 3:10 · BSB

But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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.”

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.

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