And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.
Parallel translations
- WEB Joshua rose up early in the morning, mustered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.
- BSB Joshua got up early the next morning and mobilized his men, and he and the elders of Israel marched before them up to Ai.
- NKJV Then Joshua rose up early in the morning and mustered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.
- NASB Now Joshua got up early in the morning and mustered the people, and he went up with the elders of Israel before the people to Ai.
- NLT Early the next morning Joshua roused his men and started toward Ai, accompanied by the elders of Israel.
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Quick answer
Joshua rises early, musters the people, and leads them with the elders up toward Ai. He goes ahead of the people in active, ready leadership.
Overview
Joshua's early rising and personal leading recall his pattern of prompt obedience throughout the book. He advances with the elders at the head of the army, embodying courageous and visible leadership. Such readiness models the diligence God's servants are called to in carrying out his purposes.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Josh 3:1And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.
- Josh 6:12And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the LORD.
- Gen 22:3And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.
- Josh 7:16So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken:
- Ps 119:60I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.
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Joshua — the same name as Jesus, 'the LORD saves' — leads God's people into their inheritance, a shadow of the greater Joshua who brings us into the true rest and the promised land that remains.
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