Joshua 8:10

10 And Joshua arose early in the morning and mustered the people, and went up, with the elders of Israel, before the people 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 And when you have taken the city, you shall set the city on fire, doing as the LORD has bidden; see, I have commanded you."

9 So Joshua sent them forth; and they went to the place of ambush, and lay between Bethel and Ai, to the west of Ai; but Joshua spent that night among the people.

10 And Joshua arose early in the morning and mustered the people, and went up, with the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.

11 And all the fighting men who were with him went up, and drew near before the city, and encamped on the north side of Ai, with a ravine between them and Ai.

12 And he took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.