Joshua 7:4-6

New International Reader's Version

⁴ So only about 3,000 troops went up. But the men of Ai drove them away. ⁵ They chased the Israelites from the city gate all the way to Shebarim. They killed about 36 of them on the way down. So the Israelites were terrified.

⁶ Joshua and the elders of Israel became sad. Joshua tore his clothes. He fell in front of the ark of the Lord with his face to the ground. He remained there until evening. The elders did the same thing. They also sprinkled dust on their heads.