Yosua 7:2-3

7:2 Joshua sent men from Jericho ¹  to Ai (which is located near Beth Aven, east of Bethel ² ) and instructed them, “Go up and spy on the land.” So the men went up and spied on Ai. 7:3 They returned and reported to Joshua, ³  “Don’t send the whole army. ⁴  About two or three thousand men are adequate to defeat Ai. ⁵  Don’t tire out the whole army, for Ai is small.” ⁶ 

[7:2]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[7:2]  ² map For the location of Bethel see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[7:3]  ³ tn Heb “and they returned to Joshua and said to him.”

[7:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “Don’t let all the people go up.”

[7:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “Let about two thousand men or about three thousand men go up to defeat Ai.”

[7:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “all the people for they are small.”