Joshua 7:4

So about three thousand men of the people go up from there, and they flee before the men of Ai,

Literal Standard Version

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 return to Joshua, and say to him, “Do not let all the people go up; let about two thousand men, or about three thousand men, go up, and they strike Ai; do not cause all the people to labor there; for they [are] few.”

5and the men of Ai strike about thirty-six men from them, and pursue them before the gate to Shebarim, and they strike them in Morad; and the heart of the people is melted, and becomes water.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:25YHWH makes you struck before your enemies; in one way you go out to them, and in seven ways you flee before them, and you have been for a trembling to all kingdoms of the earth;

Psalms 89:43Also—You turn back the sharpness of his sword, || And have not established him in battle,

Isaiah 59:2But your iniquities have been separating || Between you and your God, || And your sins have hidden || The Presence from you—from hearing.

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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