KJVSo there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.
So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.
So about three thousand men went up, but they fled before the men of Ai.
And there go up of the people thither about three thousand men, and they flee before the men of Ai,
And there went up thither of the people about three thousand men, but they fled before the men of Ai.
Joshua — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
1. But the children of Israel committed, etc Reference is made to the crime, and indeed the secret crime, of one individual, whose guilt is transferred to the whole people; and not only so, but punishment is at the same time executed against several who were innocent. But it seems…