Joshua 7:3 BSB — MannaFest

Joshua 7:3

On returning to Joshua, they reported, “There is no need to send all the people; two or three thousand men are enough to go up and attack Ai. Since the people of Ai are so few, you need not wear out all our people there.”

BSB

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ASV

And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; make not all the people to toil thither; for they are but few.

KJV

And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the people to labour thither; for they are but few.

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Commentary

1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Let not all the people go up, . . . for they are but few--As the population of Ai amounted to twelve thousand (Jos 8:25), it was a considerable town; though in the hasty and distant reconnoitre made by the spies, it probably appeared small in comparison to Jericho; and this may have been the reason for their proposing so small a detachment to capture it.

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Original language & word study

28 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיָּשֻׁ֣בוּ	vai.ya.Shu.vu	and they returned	H7725 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
יְהוֹשֻׁ֗עַ	ye.ho.Shu.a'	Joshua	H3091 →
וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ	vai.yo.me.Ru	and they said	H559 →
אֵלָיו֮	'e.Lav	to him	H413 →
אַל־	'al-	may not	H408 →
יַ֣עַל	Ya.'al	it go up	H5927 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
הָעָם֒	ha.'Am	the people	H5971 →
כְּאַלְפַּ֣יִם	ke.'al.Pa.yim	about two thousand	H505 →
אִ֗ישׁ	'Ish	man	H376 →
א֚וֹ	'o	or	H176 →
כִּשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת	kish.Lo.shet	about three	H7969 →
אֲלָפִ֣ים	'a.la.Fim	thousand<s>	H505 →
אִ֔ישׁ	'Ish	man	H376 →
יַעֲל֖וּ	ya.'a.Lu	let them go up	H5927 →
וְיַכּ֣וּ	ve.ya.Ku	and they may attack	H5221 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הָעָ֑י	ha.'Ai	<the> Ai	H5857 →
אַל־	'al-	may not	H408 →
תְּיַגַּע־	te.ya.ga'-	you make go wearily	H3021 →
שָׁ֙מָּה֙	Sha.mah	there towards	H8033 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
הָעָ֔ם	ha.'Am	the people	H5971 →
כִּ֥י	ki	for	H3588 →
מְעַ֖ט	me.'At	[are] few	H4592 →
הֵֽמָּה׃	He.mah	they	H1992 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Peter 1:5
For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge;
leads to
- Philippians 4:8
  Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think on these things.
- Hebrews 6:11
  We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, in order to make your hope sure.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Proverbs 4:23
  Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.
- 2 Peter 3:18
  But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
- 2 Peter 1:2–3
  Grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
Through
Luke 13:24
“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.
leads to
- Matthew 7:13–14
  Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.
- 2 Peter 1:10
  Therefore, brothers, strive to make your calling and election sure. For if you practice these things you will never stumble,
Through
Hebrews 4:11
Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.
leads to
- Matthew 11:28–30
  Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.