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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Interpretation
Achan took some of the spoil of Jericho. The love of the world is that root of bitterness, which of all others is most hardly rooted up.
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This thought runs through Joshua 7:1-5.
Glossary
- Ai Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Et Tell.
- Joshua Tribe
- Jehovah is his help, or Jehovah the Saviour. The son of Nun, of the tribe of Ephraim, the successor of Moses as the leader of Israel. He is called Jehoshua in Num. 13:16 (A. V. ), and Jesus in Acts 7:45 and Heb. 4:8 .