They answered Joshua, saying, All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.
"Ye shall pass over before your brethren armed ..."  (Joshua 1:14). The word "armed" seems to be a little misleading here.  "The idea is probably, `in battle array.'"[23]  The word is translated from a word that suggests, "divided into five parts."[24] The reference seems to be from the various guards that were deployed in ancient armies on the march: (1) vanguard; (2) rearguard  (Joshua 1:3,4), left and right guards, and (5) an additional guard at the front or the rear depending upon the movement of the army, whether on attack, or in retreat.