Joshua 8:3 - Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

^3-4 Joshua quickly got the army ready to attack Ai. He chose 30,000 of his best soldiers and gave them these orders: Tonight, while it is dark, march to Ai and take up a position behind the town. Get as close to the town as you can without being seen, and be ready to attack.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour, and sent them away by night.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai; [he] chose thirty thousand mighty men of strength and sent them forth by night.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand men, the mighty men of valor, and sent them forth by night.

Common English Bible

³ So Joshua and the whole army got ready to go up to Ai. Joshua chose thirty thousand brave soldiers. He sent them out by night.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ And Joshua rose up, and the entire army of warriors with him, so that they might ascend against Ai. And he sent thirty thousand elect strong men in the night.

Joshua 8:3 Tagairtí Cros

Exodus 17:9

So Moses told Joshua, “Have some men ready to attack the Amalekites tomorrow. I will stand on a hilltop, holding this walking stick that has the power of God.”

Matthew 24:39

They didn't know anything was happening until the flood came and swept them all away. This is how it will be when the Son of Man appears.

Matthew 24:50

If that happens, the master will surely come on a day and at a time when the servant least expects him.

Matthew 25:6

Then in the middle of the night someone shouted, “Here's the groom! Come to meet him!”

1 Thessalonians 5:2

You surely know that the Lord's return will be as a thief coming at night.

Joshua 10:7

Joshua and his army, including his best warriors, left Gilgal.

2 Peter 3:10

The day of the Lord's return will surprise us like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a loud noise, and the heat will melt the whole universe. Then the earth and everything on it will be seen for what they are.

Judges 9:32

This is what I think you should do. Lead your army here during the night and hide in the fields.