Joshua 8:10

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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.

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  • Gen 22:3 : 3 Early in the morning Abraham got up and saddled his donkey. He took two of his young servants with him, along with his son Isaac. When he had cut the wood for the burnt offering, he started out for the place God had spoken to him about.
  • Josh 3:1 : 1 Israel Crosses the Jordan Bright and early the next morning Joshua and the Israelites left Shittim and came to the Jordan. They camped there before crossing the river.
  • Josh 6:12 : 12 Bright and early the next morning Joshua had the priests pick up the ark of the LORD.
  • Josh 7:16 : 16 Bright and early the next morning Joshua made Israel approach in tribal order, and the tribe of Judah was selected.
  • Ps 119:60 : 60 I keep your commands eagerly and without delay.

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  • Josh 8:11-26
    16 verses
    84%

    11All the troops that were with him marched up and drew near the city. They camped north of Ai on the other side of the valley.

    12He took five thousand men and set an ambush west of the city between Bethel and Ai.

    13The army was in position– the main army north of the city and the rear guard west of the city. That night Joshua went into the middle of the valley.

    14When the king of Ai saw Israel, they rushed to get up early. Then the men of the city went out to meet Israel in battle, he and all his people, at the meeting place near the rift valley. But he did not realize an ambush was waiting for him behind the city.

    15Joshua and all Israel pretended to be defeated by them and they retreated along the way to the wilderness.

    16All the reinforcements in Ai were ordered to chase them; they chased Joshua and were lured away from the city.

    17No men were left in Ai or Bethel; they all went out after Israel. They left the city wide open and chased Israel.

    18The LORD told Joshua,“Hold out toward Ai the curved sword in your hand, for I am handing the city over to you.” So Joshua held out toward Ai the curved sword in his hand.

    19When he held out his hand, the men waiting in ambush rose up quickly from their place and attacked. They entered the city, captured it, and immediately set it on fire.

    20When the men of Ai turned around, they saw the smoke from the city ascending into the sky and were so shocked they were unable to flee in any direction. In the meantime the men who were retreating to the wilderness turned against their pursuers.

    21When Joshua and all Israel saw that the men in ambush had captured the city and that the city was going up in smoke, they turned around and struck down the men of Ai.

    22At the same time the men who had taken the city came out to fight, and the men of Ai were trapped in the middle. The Israelites struck them down, leaving no survivors or refugees.

    23But they captured the king of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua.

    24When Israel had finished killing all the men of Ai who had chased them toward the wilderness(they all fell by the sword), all Israel returned to Ai and put the sword to it.

    25Twelve thousand men and women died that day, including all the men of Ai.

    26Joshua kept holding out his curved sword until Israel had annihilated all who lived in Ai.

  • Josh 8:1-4
    4 verses
    82%

    1Israel Conquers Ai The LORD told Joshua,“Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! Take the whole army with you and march against Ai! See, I am handing over to you the king of Ai, along with his people, city, and land.

    2Do to Ai and its king what you did to Jericho and its king, except you may plunder its goods and cattle. Set an ambush behind the city!”

    3Joshua and the whole army marched against Ai. Joshua selected thirty thousand brave warriors and sent them out at night.

    4He ordered them,“Look, set an ambush behind the city. Don’t go very far from the city; all of you be ready!

  • Josh 8:9
    80%

    9Joshua sent them away and they went to their hiding place west of Ai, between Bethel and Ai. Joshua spent that night with the army.

  • Josh 3:1-2
    2 verses
    80%

    1Israel Crosses the Jordan Bright and early the next morning Joshua and the Israelites left Shittim and came to the Jordan. They camped there before crossing the river.

    2After three days the leaders went through the camp

  • Josh 7:2-4
    3 verses
    80%

    2Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai(which is located near Beth Aven, east of Bethel) and instructed them,“Go up and spy on the land.” So the men went up and spied on Ai.

    3They returned and reported to Joshua,“Don’t send the whole army. About two or three thousand men are adequate to defeat Ai. Don’t tire out the whole army, for Ai is small.”

    4So about three thousand men went up, but they fled from the men of Ai.

  • Josh 6:12
    77%

    12Bright and early the next morning Joshua had the priests pick up the ark of the LORD.

  • Josh 10:9
    74%

    9Joshua attacked them by surprise after marching all night from Gilgal.

  • Josh 10:7
    74%

    7So Joshua and his whole army, including the bravest warriors, marched up from Gilgal.

  • Josh 7:16
    73%

    16Bright and early the next morning Joshua made Israel approach in tribal order, and the tribe of Judah was selected.

  • Josh 1:10
    72%

    10Joshua Prepares for the Invasion Joshua instructed the leaders of the people:

  • Josh 6:15
    72%

    15On the seventh day they were up at the crack of dawn and marched around the city as before– only this time they marched around it seven times.

  • Josh 6:7
    72%

    7And he told the army,“Move ahead and march around the city, with armed troops going ahead of the ark of the LORD.”

  • Judg 20:19
    71%

    19The Israelites got up the next morning and moved against Gibeah.

  • Josh 9:3
    71%

    3When the residents of Gibeon heard what Joshua did to Jericho and Ai,

  • Josh 7:10
    71%

    10The LORD responded to Joshua,“Get up! Why are you lying there face down?

  • 1 Sam 29:11
    70%

    11So David and his men got up early in the morning to return to the land of the Philistines, but the Philistines went up to Jezreel.

  • Josh 8:28
    70%

    28Joshua burned Ai and made it a permanently uninhabited mound(it remains that way to this very day).

  • Josh 4:1
    70%

    1Israel Commemorates the Crossing When the entire nation was on the other side, the LORD told Joshua,

  • Josh 18:8
    70%

    8When the men started out, Joshua told those going to map out the land,“Go, walk through the land, map it out, and return to me. Then I will draw lots for you before the LORD here in Shiloh.”

  • Josh 10:36
    70%

    36Joshua and all Israel marched up from Eglon to Hebron and fought against it.

  • Josh 23:2
    70%

    2So Joshua summoned all Israel, including the elders, rulers, judges, and leaders, and told them:“I am very old.

  • Josh 24:1
    70%

    1Israel Renews its Commitment to the Lord Joshua assembled all the Israelite tribes at Shechem. He summoned Israel’s elders, rulers, judges, and leaders, and they appeared before God.

  • Josh 10:15
    70%

    15Then Joshua and all Israel returned to the camp at Gilgal.

  • Josh 5:13
    70%

    13Israel Conquers Jericho When Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him holding a drawn sword. Joshua approached him and asked him,“Are you on our side or allied with our enemies?”

  • Josh 4:19
    70%

    19The people went up from the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month and camped in Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho.

  • Josh 4:13
    69%

    13About forty thousand battle-ready troops marched past the LORD to fight on the rift valley plains of Jericho.