Joshua 7:4
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Joshua 7:4 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Joshua 7:4 is a verse from the book of Joshua in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Joshua 7:4 — KJV
“So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.”
— Joshua 7:4 (KJV)
Joshua 7:4 in Context — About the Book of Joshua
Joshua is the book of possessed promises. After Moses' death, Joshua leads Israel across the Jordan, around Jericho's walls, and into the inheritance God swore to Abraham. It is a manual for courage — God's command to be strong and courageous frames the whole conquest.
Cross-References for Joshua 7:4
“And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.”
Shares key themes with Joshua 7:4: people, about, three
“Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men.”
Shares key themes with Joshua 7:4: went, people, thousand
“And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand pound of silver, and threescore and seven priests' garments.”
Shares key themes with Joshua 7:4: went, people, three
“A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men. every man: Heb. a poll”
Shares key themes with Joshua 7:4: went, three, thousand
“And Moses went out, and told the people the words of the LORD, and gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about the tabernacle.”
Shares key themes with Joshua 7:4: went, people, about
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