Joshua 7:4
So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men,.... Joshua detached from the army the largest number proposed, that there might be strength enough to take the place; and those he sent…
Methodist theologian, 1762–1832
Adam Clarke
About three thousand men - The spies sent to reconnoitre the place (Jos 7:3) reported that the town was meanly garrisoned, and that two or three thousand men would be sufficient to take it. These were…
The story of this chapter begins with a but. The Lord was with Joshua, and his fame was noised through all that country, so the foregoing chapter ends, and it left no room to doubt but that he would…
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