Joshua 8:3
Joshua chapter 8 · verse 3 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000So 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.
KJV
King James Version · 1611So 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901So 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.
Context
v.2and thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: set thee an ambush for the city behind it.
v.3This passage
v.4And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in ambush against the city, behind the city; go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready:
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Matthew 25:6
But at midnight there is a cry, Behold, the bridegroom! Come ye forth to meet him.
- Matthew 24:39
and they knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall be the coming of the Son of man.
- Matthew 24:50
the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he expecteth not, and in an hour when he knoweth not,
- 1 Thessalonians 5:2
For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
- 2 Peter 3:10
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are therein shall be burned up.