Joshua 7:4

So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men; and they fled before the men of 'Ai.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.

In Context

3And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite 'Ai: do not fatigue all the people [to go] thither; for they are but few.

5And the men of 'Ai smote of them about thirty and six men; and they chased them from before the gate unto the stone-quarries, and smote them on the declivity [of the hill]; wherefore the heart of the people melted, and became as water.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:25The Lord will cause thee to be smitten before thy enemies: on one way shalt thou go out against them, and on seven ways shalt thou flee before them; and thou shalt become a horror unto all the kingdoms of the earth.

Psalms 89:43(89:44) Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not let him stand erect in the battle.

Isaiah 59:2But your iniquities have ever made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have caused him to hide his face from you, so that he would not hear.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 7:2-6

The Sin of Achan. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the Lord was kindled against the children of Israel. 2 And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai. 3 And they returned to Joshua, and… Read the whole commentary →

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