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Joshua 7:4

So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.

KJV

Ascenderunt ergo tria millia pugnatorum. Qui statim terga vertentes,

Vulgate

καὶ ἀνέβησαν ὡσεὶ τρισχίλιοι ἄνδρες, καὶ ἔφυγον ἀπὸ προσώπου τῶν ἀνδρῶν Γαί.

LXX

So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.

ASV

וַ/יַּעֲל֤וּ מִן הָ/עָם֙ שָׁ֔מָּ/ה כִּ/שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת אֲלָפִ֖ים אִ֑ישׁ וַ/יָּנֻ֕סוּ לִ/פְנֵ֖י אַנְשֵׁ֥י הָ/עָֽי

Hebrew

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In this verse

Places Ai

In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶ֖לֶף
'lp
adjective · 500×
ה
h
adverb · 827×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יַּ֥עַל
y'l
verb · 885×
מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×
נָ֖סוּ
nsv
verb · 161×
עָֽי
'y
proper_noun · 40×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת
shlsht
adjective · 429×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 28:25 — The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
  • Deut 32:30 — How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?
  • Isa 30:17 — One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill.
  • Isa 59:2 — But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
  • Lev 26:17 — And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.