Joshua 7:3

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Later, the men came back to Joshua. They said, “Ai is a weak area. We will not need all of our people to defeat them. Send 2000 or 3000 men to fight there. There is no need to use the whole army. There are only a few men there to fight against us.”

Cross References

2 Peter 1:10

My brothers and sisters, God called you and chose you to be his. Do your best to live in a way that shows you really are God’s called and chosen people. If you do all this, you will never fall.

2 Peter 1:5

Because you have these blessings, do all you can to add to your life these things: to your faith add goodness; to your goodness add knowledge;

Hebrews 4:11

So let us try as hard as we can to enter God’s place of rest. We must try hard so that none of us will be lost by following the example of those who refused to obey God.

Luke 13:24

“The door to heaven is narrow. Try hard to enter it. Many people will want to enter there, but they will not be able to go in.

Proverbs 21:25

Lazy people will cause their own destruction because they refuse to work.

Proverbs 13:4

Lazy people always want things but never get them. Those who work hard get plenty.

Joshua 7:2

After they defeated Jericho, Joshua sent some men to Ai. Ai was near Beth Aven, east of Bethel. He told them, “Go to Ai and look for weaknesses in that area.” So the men went to spy on that land.

Joshua 7:4

So about 3000 men went to Ai, but the people of Ai killed about 36 men of Israel. And the Israelites ran away. The people of Ai chased them from the city gates all the way to the quarries. The people of Ai beat them badly. When the people from Israel saw this, they became very frightened and lost their courage.