Joshua 8:10

10 Joshua started early the next morning and mobilized them. Then he and the elders of Israel led the troops up to Ai.

Joshua 8:10 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 8:10

And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the
people
To see if there were any wanting, and to put them in proper order for their march:

and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai;
these elders were either the seventy elders who went with Joshua as council to him; or it may be rather they were inferior officers, who went at the head of their respective corps under them.

Joshua 8:10 In-Context

8 After taking the city, set it on fire. Follow the Lord's command-see [that you do] as I have ordered you."

9 So Joshua sent them out, and they went to the ambush site and waited between Bethel and Ai, to the west of Ai. But he spent that night with the troops.

10 Joshua started early the next morning and mobilized them. Then he and the elders of Israel led the troops up to Ai.

11 All those who were with him went up and approached the city, arriving opposite Ai, and camped to the north of it, with a valley between them and the city.

12 Now Joshua had taken about 5,000 men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.