Joshua 7:3
On 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.”
And 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; and make not all the people to labour thither; for they are but few.
Note about…: Heb. about two thousand men, or, about three thousand men
They returned to Joshua, and said to him, “Don’t let all the people go up, but let about two or three thousand men go up and strike Ai. Don’t make all the people to toil there, for there are only a few of them.”
And 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; make not all the people to toil thither; for they are but few.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- about two
- Heb. about 2,000 men, or about 3,000 men.labour.
- Proverbs 13:4; Proverbs 21:25; Luke 13:24; Hebrews 4:11; Hebrews 6:11, 12; 2 Peter 1:5, 10