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Josua 7:3
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Und da sie wieder zu Josua kamen, sprachen sie zu ihm: Lasse nicht das ganze Volk hinaufziehen; etwa zwei- oder dreitausend Mann mögen hinaufziehen und Ai schlagen, daß nicht das ganze Volk sich dahin bemühe; denn ihrer sind wenige!
kamen sie wieder zu Josua und sprachen zu ihm: Laß nicht das ganze Volk hinaufziehen, sondern bei zwei-oder dreitausend Mann, daß sie hinaufziehen und schlagen Ai, daß nicht das ganze Volk sich daselbst bemühe; denn ihrer ist wenig.
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
about two: Heb. about 2,000 men, or about 3,000 men, labour. Proverbs 13:4, Proverbs 21:25, Luke 13:24, Hebrews 4:11, Hebrews 6:11, Hebrews 6:12, 2 Peter 1:5, 2 Peter 1:10
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And they returned unto Joshua, and said unto him, let not all the people go up,.... After they had reconnoitred the place, they came back to their general, and gave it as their opinion, that there was no need for the whole army to go up against the city:
but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; such a number they judged were sufficient to take it:
[and] make not all the people to labour thither; carrying their tents, bearing their armour, and going up hill:
for they [are but] few; the inhabitants of Ai, men and women making but twelve thousand; Joshua 8:25.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The total population of Ai was about twelve thousand Joshua 8:25. It could therefore hardly muster three thousand warriors.