King James Version
Joshua 7:3 KJV
“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. about: Heb. about two thousand men, or, about three thousand men”
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Joshua 7 — Context
Joshua 7:2 — “And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Bethaven, on the east side of Bethel, and spake unto them, sayin...”
Joshua 7:3 — “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. about: Heb. about two thousand men, or, about three thousand men”
Joshua 7:4 — “So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.”