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And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men; and they chased them from before the gate even unto [a]Shebarim, and smote them at the descent: and the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.

And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of Jehovah until the evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust upon their heads. And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord Jehovah, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over the Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to cause us to perish? would that we had been content and dwelt beyond the Jordan!

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  1. Joshua 7:5 Or, the quarries