Joshua 7:4 “So about three thousand men went up, but they fled before the men of A…”

Joshua 7:4

So about three thousand men went up, but they fled before the men of Ai.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

So there went vp thither of the people about three thousande men, and they fledde before the men of Ai.

Darby Translation

And there went up thither of the people about three thousand men, but they fled before the men of Ai.

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

So about three thousand of the people went up, and were sent in flight by the men of Ai.

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Cross references

“fled”

Deuteronomy 28:25 Leviticus 26:17 Deuteronomy 32:30 Isaiah 30:17 Isaiah 59:2

Deuteronomy 28:25 · BSB

The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

Leviticus 26:17 · BSB

And I will set My face against you, so that you will be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one pursues you.

Deuteronomy 32:30 · BSB

How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?

Isaiah 30:17 · BSB

A thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will all flee, until you are left alone like a pole on a mountaintop, like a banner on a hill.

Isaiah 59:2 · BSB

But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3On returning to Joshua, they reported, “There is no need to send all the people; two or three thousand men are enough to go up and attack Ai. Since the people of Ai are so few, you need not wear out all our people there.”

5And the men of Ai struck down about thirty-six of them, chasing them from the gate as far as the quarries and striking them down on the slopes. So the hearts of the people melted and became like water.

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