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But the people of Israel broke faith in regard to the devoted things ;
for Achan the son of Carmi ,
son of Zabdi ,
son of Zerah ,
of the tribe of Judah ,
took some of the devoted things ;
and the anger of the LORD burned against the people of Israel .
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Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai ,
which is near Beth-a '
ven ,
east of Bethel ,
and said to them , "
Go up and spy out the land ."
And the men went up and spied out Ai .
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And they returned to Joshua ,
and said to him , "
Let not all the people go up ,
but let about two or three thousand men go up and attack Ai ;
do not make the whole people toil up there ,
for they are but few ."
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So about three thousand went up there from the people ;
and they fled before the men of Ai ,
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and the men of Ai killed about thirty-six men of them ,
and chased them before the gate as far as Sheb '
arim ,
and slew them at the descent .
And the hearts of the people melted ,
and became as water .