Joshua 7:4
“So there went vp thither of the people about three thousand men, and they fled before the men of Ai.”
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Joshua 7:4 Context
2And Ioshua sent men from Iericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-auen, on the East side of Bethel, and spake vnto them, saying, Goe vp and view the countrey. And the men went vp, and viewed Ai. 3And they returned to Ioshua, and said vnto him, Let not all the people goe vp: but let about two or three thousand men goe vp, and smite Ai, and make not all the people to labour thither, for they are but few. 4So there went vp thither of the people about three thousand men, and they fled before the men of Ai. 5And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and sixe men: for they chased them from before the gate euen vnto Shebarim, and smote them in the going downe: Wherefore the hearts of the people melted, & became as water. 6¶ And Ioshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth vpon his face, before the Arke of the Lord, vntill the euentide, he and the Elders of Israel, and put dust vpon their heads.
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Other Translations for Joshua 7:4
So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.
- King James Version
So about three thousand men from the people went up there, but they fled from the men of Ai.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.
- American Standard Version (1901)
So about three thousand of the people went up, and were sent in flight by the men of Ai.
- Basic English Bible
And there went up thither of the people about three thousand men, but they fled before the men of Ai.
- Darby Bible
So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.
- Webster's Bible
So about three thousand men of the people went up there, and they fled before the men of Ai.
- World English Bible
And there go up of the people thither about three thousand men, and they flee before the men of Ai,
- Youngs Literal Bible
So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men; and they fled before the men of Ai.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Joshua 7:4
7:4 They fled - Not having courage to strike a stroke, which was a plain evidence that God had forsaken then; and an useful instruction, to shew them what they were when God left them: and that it was God, not their own valour, that gave the Canaanites into their hands.