Joshua 8:10
in Joshua 8Joshua got up early the next morning and mobilized his men, and he and the elders of Israel marched before them up to Ai.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
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.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Joshua 8
Commentary
2 notes on this verseNumbered 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.
This site's exposition
Joshua therefore sent them forth
on Joshua 8:9-11
The whole force goes up this time, where the spies at 7:3 had said two or three thousand would be enough. Joshua lodges that night among the people rather than behind them, and musters them at first light; the word at verse 10 is the one for visiting or inspecting a rank, which Clarke marks. The valley named at the end of verse 11 lies between the camp and the town, and it is what Joshua goes down into in the dark at verse 13.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
And he went up. He fulfilled that which God had said to him, “If he goes at their head, they will cross, and if not, they will not cross.”
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֤ם | vaiyashkem | and he rose early | H7925 → | 65 times |
| יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙ | yehoshua' | Joshua | H3091 → | 218 times |
| בַּבֹּ֔קֶר | baboker | in the morning | H1242 → | 214 times |
| וַיִּפְקֹ֖ד | vaiyifkod | and he mustered | H6485 → | |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָעָ֑ם | haam | the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| וַיַּ֨עַל | vaiyaal | and he went up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| ה֜וּא | hu' | he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| וְזִקְנֵ֧י | veziknei | and [the] elders of | H2205 → | 178 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| לִפְנֵ֥י | lifnei | <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| הָעָ֖ם | haam | the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| הָעָֽי׃ | haai | <the> Ai | H5857 → | 40 times |
וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֤םand he rose early
vaiyashkemH7925 →65 times
יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙Joshua
yehoshua'H3091 →218 times
בַּבֹּ֔קֶרin the morning
babokerH1242 →214 times
וַיִּפְקֹ֖דand he mustered
vaiyifkodH6485 →
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הָעָ֑םthe people
haamH5971 →1873 times
וַיַּ֨עַלand he went up
vaiyaalH5927 →890 times
ה֜וּאhe
hu'H1931 →1879 times
וְזִקְנֵ֧יand [the] elders of
vezikneiH2205 →178 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֛לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
לִפְנֵ֥י<to> before
lifneiH6440 →2123 times
הָעָ֖םthe people
haamH5971 →1873 times
הָעָֽי׃<the> Ai
haaiH5857 →40 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 119:60I hurried without hesitating to keep Your commandments.
it leads to
- Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 95:7–8
For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the sheep under His care. Today, if you hear His voice,
- Galatians 1:16
to reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not rush to consult with flesh and blood,
- Proverbs 27:1
Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
- Ecclesiastes 9:10
Through
Genesis 22:3So Abraham got up early the next morning, saddled his donkey, and took along two of his servants and his son Isaac. He split the wood for a burnt offering and set out for…
it leads to
- Psalms 119:60
I hurried without hesitating to keep Your commandments.
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 119:60
Through
Joshua 6:12Joshua got up early the next morning, and the priests took the ark of the LORD.
it leads to
- Joshua 3:1
Early the next morning Joshua got up and left Shittim with all the Israelites. They went as far as the Jordan, where they camped before crossing over.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Joshua 3:1
Through
Joshua 3:1Early the next morning Joshua got up and left Shittim with all the Israelites. They went as far as the Jordan, where they camped before crossing over.
it leads to
- Joshua 2:1
Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim, saying, “Go, inspect the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.
- Genesis 22:3
So Abraham got up early the next morning, saddled his donkey, and took along two of his servants and his son Isaac. He split the wood for a burnt offering and set out for…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Joshua 2:1
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.