Joshua 7:3
They returned and reported to Joshua,“Don’t send the whole army. About two or three thousand men are adequate to defeat Ai. Don’t tire out the whole army, for Ai is small.”
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Referenced Verses
- Prov 13:4 : 4 The appetite of the sluggard craves but gets nothing, but the desire of the diligent will be abundantly satisfied.
- Prov 21:25 : 25 What the sluggard desires will kill him, for his hands have refused to work.
- Luke 13:24 : 24 “Exert every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.
- Heb 4:11 : 11 Thus we must make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.
- Heb 6:11-12 : 11 But we passionately want each of you to demonstrate the same eagerness for the fulfillment of your hope until the end, 12 so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherit the promises.
- 2 Pet 1:5 : 5 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith excellence, to excellence, knowledge;
- 2 Pet 1:10 : 10 Therefore, brothers and sisters, make every effort to be sure of your calling and election. For by doing this you will never stumble into sin.
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- Josh 7:4-52 verses90%
4So about three thousand men went up, but they fled from the men of Ai.
5The men of Ai killed about thirty-six of them and chased them from in front of the city gate all the way to the fissures and defeated them on the steep slope. The people’s courage melted away like water.
- Josh 8:1-44 verses80%
1Israel Conquers Ai The LORD told Joshua,“Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! Take the whole army with you and march against Ai! See, I am handing over to you the king of Ai, along with his people, city, and land.
2Do to Ai and its king what you did to Jericho and its king, except you may plunder its goods and cattle. Set an ambush behind the city!”
3Joshua and the whole army marched against Ai. Joshua selected thirty thousand brave warriors and sent them out at night.
4He ordered them,“Look, set an ambush behind the city. Don’t go very far from the city; all of you be ready!
- Josh 7:1-22 verses80%
1Achan Sins and is Punished But the Israelites disobeyed the command about the city’s riches. Achan son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, stole some of the riches. The LORD was furious with the Israelites.
2Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai(which is located near Beth Aven, east of Bethel) and instructed them,“Go up and spy on the land.” So the men went up and spied on Ai.
- Josh 8:9-2719 verses75%
9Joshua sent them away and they went to their hiding place west of Ai, between Bethel and Ai. Joshua spent that night with the army.
10Bright and early the next morning Joshua gathered the army, and he and the leaders of Israel marched at the head of it to Ai.
11All the troops that were with him marched up and drew near the city. They camped north of Ai on the other side of the valley.
12He took five thousand men and set an ambush west of the city between Bethel and Ai.
13The army was in position– the main army north of the city and the rear guard west of the city. That night Joshua went into the middle of the valley.
14When the king of Ai saw Israel, they rushed to get up early. Then the men of the city went out to meet Israel in battle, he and all his people, at the meeting place near the rift valley. But he did not realize an ambush was waiting for him behind the city.
15Joshua and all Israel pretended to be defeated by them and they retreated along the way to the wilderness.
16All the reinforcements in Ai were ordered to chase them; they chased Joshua and were lured away from the city.
17No men were left in Ai or Bethel; they all went out after Israel. They left the city wide open and chased Israel.
18The LORD told Joshua,“Hold out toward Ai the curved sword in your hand, for I am handing the city over to you.” So Joshua held out toward Ai the curved sword in his hand.
19When he held out his hand, the men waiting in ambush rose up quickly from their place and attacked. They entered the city, captured it, and immediately set it on fire.
20When the men of Ai turned around, they saw the smoke from the city ascending into the sky and were so shocked they were unable to flee in any direction. In the meantime the men who were retreating to the wilderness turned against their pursuers.
21When Joshua and all Israel saw that the men in ambush had captured the city and that the city was going up in smoke, they turned around and struck down the men of Ai.
22At the same time the men who had taken the city came out to fight, and the men of Ai were trapped in the middle. The Israelites struck them down, leaving no survivors or refugees.
23But they captured the king of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua.
24When Israel had finished killing all the men of Ai who had chased them toward the wilderness(they all fell by the sword), all Israel returned to Ai and put the sword to it.
25Twelve thousand men and women died that day, including all the men of Ai.
26Joshua kept holding out his curved sword until Israel had annihilated all who lived in Ai.
27But Israel did plunder the cattle and the goods of the city, in keeping with the LORD’s orders to Joshua.
- Judg 7:2-32 verses73%
2The LORD said to Gideon,“You have too many men for me to hand Midian over to you. Israel might brag,‘Our own strength has delivered us.’
3Now, announce to the men,‘Whoever is shaking with fear may turn around and leave Mount Gilead.’” Twenty-two thousand men went home; ten thousand remained.
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3When the residents of Gibeon heard what Joshua did to Jericho and Ai,
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13About forty thousand battle-ready troops marched past the LORD to fight on the rift valley plains of Jericho.
- Josh 2:22-232 verses69%
22They went to the hill country and stayed there for three days, long enough for those chasing them to return. Their pursuers looked all along the way but did not find them.
23Then the two men returned– they came down from the hills, crossed the river, came to Joshua son of Nun, and reported to him all they had discovered.
- Judg 7:7-82 verses69%
7The LORD said to Gideon,“With the three hundred men who lapped I will deliver the whole army and I will hand Midian over to you. The rest of the men should go home.”
8The men who were chosen took supplies and their trumpets. Gideon sent all the men of Israel back to their homes; he kept only three hundred men. Now the Midianites were camped down below in the valley.
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7And he told the army,“Move ahead and march around the city, with armed troops going ahead of the ark of the LORD.”
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4Pick three men from each tribe. I will send them out to walk through the land and make a map of it for me.
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32the men of Bethel and Ai, 123;
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2After three days the leaders went through the camp
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28the men of Bethel and Ai: 223;
- Josh 10:7-82 verses67%
7So Joshua and his whole army, including the bravest warriors, marched up from Gilgal.
8The LORD told Joshua,“Don’t be afraid of them, for I am handing them over to you. Not one of them can resist you.”
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9The men journeyed through the land and mapped it and its cities out into seven regions on a scroll. Then they came to Joshua at the camp in Shiloh.
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3Have all the warriors march around the city one time; do this for six days.
- Josh 11:6-72 verses67%
6The LORD told Joshua,“Don’t be afraid of them, for about this time tomorrow I will cause all of them to lie dead before Israel. You must hamstring their horses and burn their chariots.”
7Joshua and his whole army caught them by surprise at the Waters of Merom and attacked them.
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31But the men who had gone up with him said,“We are not able to go up against these people, because they are stronger than we are!”