Joshua 7:4

God's Word

So about three thousand men were sent. However, they fled from the men of Ai.

Cross References

Psalm 89:43

You even took his sword out of his hand and failed to support him in battle.

Isaiah 30:17

One thousand people will flee when one person threatens them, and you will flee when five threaten you. Then you will be left alone like a flagpole on top of a mountain, like a signpost on a hill.

Isaiah 59:2

But your wrongs have separated you from your God, and your sins have made him hide his face so that he doesn’t hear you.

Leviticus 26:17

I will condemn you so that you will go down in defeat in front of your enemies. Those who hate you will be your rulers. You will run away even when no one is chasing you.

Deuteronomy 28:25

The Lord will let your enemies defeat you. You will attack them from one direction but run away from them in seven directions. You will become a thing of horror to all the kingdoms in the world.

Deuteronomy 32:30

How could one person chase a thousand or two people make ten thousand flee? Their rock used these people to defeat them and the Lord gave them no help.

Joshua 7:3

They came back to Joshua and told him, “You don’t need to send all the troops. Only about two or three thousand men are needed to destroy Ai. Don’t tire the troops out by sending all of them. There are only a few troops in Ai.”