Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Joshua 7:4
Compare this verse across Bible translations. BLB includes New Testament text only (publisher draft).
So about three thousand men went up, but they fled before the men of Ai.
BSB text & permissions
So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.
KJV text & permissions
So about three thousand men of the people went up there, and they fled before the men of Ai.
WEB text & permissions
ASVAmerican Standard Version
So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.
ASV text & permissions
BLB is available for the New Testament only in this reader.
BLB text & permissions
READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Joshua 7
2 Meanwhile, Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven to the east of Bethel, and told them, “Go up and spy out the land.” So the men went up and spied out Ai.
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.”
4 So about three thousand men went up, but they fled before the men of Ai.
5 And 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.
6 Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell facedown before the ark of the LORD until evening, as did the elders of Israel; and they all sprinkled dust on their heads.
Read the full chapter →