So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men, and they fled before the men of Ai.

And the [a]men of Ai smote of them upon a thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted away like water.

Then Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the Ark of the Lord, until the eventide, he, and the Elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 7:5 God would by this overthrow make them more earnest to search out and punish the sin committed.

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