Joshua 7:5-7
1599 Geneva Bible
5 And the [a]men of Ai smote of them upon a thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted away like water.
6 Then Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the Ark of the Lord, until the eventide, he, and the Elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads.
7 And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord God, wherefore hast thou brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, and to destroy us? would God we had been content to dwell on the [b]other side Jordan.
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- Joshua 7:5 God would by this overthrow make them more earnest to search out and punish the sin committed.
- Joshua 7:7 This infirmity of his faith showeth how we are inclined of nature to distrust.
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