And they returned to Joshua and said unto him, Let not all the people, the entire army, go up, but let about two or three thousand men, literally, "two thousand men or some three thousand men," go up and smite Ai; and make not all the people to labor thither; for they are but few. The city having but 12,000 inhabitants, Joshua 8:25, the number of able-bodied defenders probably did not exceed between two and three thousand, according to the estimate of the scouts.

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