THEOSISJoshua 7:3Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And returning, they said to him: Let not all the people go up, but let two or three thousand men go, and destroy the city: why should all the people be troubled in vain, against enemies that are very few?
וַיָּשֻׁ֣בוּ אֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁ֗עַ וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֵלָיו֮ אַל־יַ֣עַל כָּל־הָעָם֒ כְּאַלְפַּ֣יִם אִ֗ישׁ א֚וֹ כִּשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת אֲלָפִ֣ים אִ֔ישׁ יַעֲל֖וּ וְיַכּ֣וּ אֶת־הָעָ֑י אַל־תְּיַגַּע־שָׁ֙מָּה֙ אֶת־כָּל־הָעָ֔ם כִּ֥י מְעַ֖ט הֵֽמָּה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Heb 6:11And we desire that every one of you shew forth the same carefulness to the accomplishing of hope unto the end:
- Heb 6:12That you become not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience shall inherit the promises.
- Luke 13:24Strive to enter by the narrow gate: for many, I say to you, shall seek to enter and shall not be able.
- Heb 4:11Let us hasten therefore to enter into that rest: lest any man fall into the same example of unbelief.
- Prov 21:25Desires kill the slothful: for his hands have refused to work at all.
- Prov 13:4The sluggard willeth, and willeth not: but the soul of them that work, shall be made fat.
- 2 Pet 1:5And you, employing all care, minister in your faith, virtue: And in virtue, knowledge:
- 2 Pet 1:10Wherefore, brethren, labour the more, that by good works you may make sure your calling and election. For doing these things, you shall not sin at any time.