Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, and haven't supported him in battle.
Joshua 7:4 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) So there went up there of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of `Ai. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So about three thousand Israelites went up there, but they fled before the men of Ai. American Standard Version (1901) So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai. Common English Bible So about three thousand men from the people went up in that direction. But they fled from the men of Ai. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, they went up with three thousand fighters. And they promptly turned their backs, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version There went up therefore three thousand fighting men: who immediately turned their backs, |
Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, and haven't supported him in battle.
One thousand will flee at the threat of one. At the threat of five, you will flee until you are left like a beacon on the top of a mountain, and like a banner on a hill.
but your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.
I will set my face against you, and you will be struck before your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you; and you will flee when no one pursues you.
The LORD will cause you to be struck before your enemies; you shall go out one way against them, and shall flee seven ways before them: and you shall be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth.
How could one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had delivered them up?
They returned to Yehoshua, and said to him, Don't let all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and strike `Ai; don't make all the people to toil there; for they are but few.