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Schlachter Bibel

Josua 7:3

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!

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Armies;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Sieges;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Achan;   Ai;   Anathema;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Devote, Devoted;   Punishment;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Ai;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Joshua, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ai;   Jericho;   Joshua;   Zimri;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ai, Hai ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Achan;   Ai;   Anathema;   Journeyings of israel from egypt to canaan;   Smith Bible Dictionary - A'i;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Conquest of Canaan;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Joshua, Book of;   Labor;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Ai;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Repentance;  

Parallel Translations

Elberfelder Bibel (1905)
Und sie kehrten zu Josua zurück und sprachen zu ihm: Es ziehe nicht das ganze Volk hinauf; bei zweitausend Mann oder bei dreitausend Mann mögen hinaufziehen und Ai schlagen; bemühe nicht das ganze Volk dahin, denn ihrer sind wenige.
Lutherbible (1912)
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.

Bible Verse Review
  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.


 
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