Joshua 7:4

Good News Translation

So about three thousand Israelites made the attack, but they were forced to retreat.

Cross References

Psalm 89:43

You have made his weapons useless and let him be defeated in battle.

Isaiah 30:17

A thousand of you will run away when you see one enemy soldier, and five soldiers will be enough to make you all run away. Nothing will be left of your army except a lonely flagpole on the top of a hill.

Isaiah 59:2

It is because of your sins that he doesn't hear you. It is your sins that separate you from God when you try to worship him.

Leviticus 26:17

I will turn against you, so that you will be defeated, and those who hate you will rule over you; you will be so terrified that you will run when no one is chasing you.

Deuteronomy 28:25

“The Lord will give your enemies victory over you. You will attack them from one direction, but you will run from them in all directions, and all the people on earth will be terrified when they see what happens to you.

Deuteronomy 32:30

Why were a thousand defeated by one, and ten thousand by only two? The Lord, their God, had abandoned them; their mighty God had given them up.

Joshua 7:3

they reported back to Joshua: “There is no need for everyone to attack Ai. Send only about two or three thousand men. Don't send the whole army up there to fight; it is not a large city.”