Joshua 7:2-4

Living Bible

² Soon after Jericho’s defeat, Joshua sent some of his men to spy on the city of Ai, east of Bethel.

³ Upon their return they told Joshua, “It’s a small city and it won’t take more than two or three thousand of us to destroy it; there’s no point in all of us going there.”

⁴ So approximately three thousand soldiers were sent—and they were soundly defeated.