Josué 7:3

A Biblia Sagrada

E voltaram a Josu, e disseram-lhe: No suba todo o povo; subam uns dois mil, ou trs mil homens, a ferir a Ai; no fatigueis ali a todo o povo, porque poucos so.

Parallel Translations

Almeida Revista e Atualizada
E voltaram a Josu e lhe disseram: No suba todo o povo; subam uns dois ou trs mil homens, a ferir Ai; no fatigueis ali todo o povo, porque so poucos os inimigos.

Almeida Revista e Corrigida
E voltaram a Josu e disseram-lhe: No suba todo o povo; subam alguns dois mil ou trs mil homens a ferir a Ai; no fatigues ali a todo o povo, porque poucos so os inimigos.

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.