Joshua 8:10

10 Early the next morning Joshua roused his men and started toward Ai, accompanied by the elders of Israel.

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 Set the town on fire, as the LORD has commanded. You have your orders.”

9 So they left and went to the place of ambush between Bethel and the west side of Ai. But Joshua remained among the people in the camp that night.

10 Early the next morning Joshua roused his men and started toward Ai, accompanied by the elders of Israel.

11 All the fighting men who were with Joshua marched in front of the town and camped on the north side of Ai, with a valley between them and the town.

12 That night Joshua sent about 5,000 men to lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the town.