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Joshua 7:3-4

3And they returnedוַיָּשֻׁ֣בוּvai.ya.Shu.vuH7725to Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֗עַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091,and saidוַיֹּאמְר֣וּvai.yo.me.RuH559unto him, Let not all the peopleהָעָם֒ha.'AmH5971go upיַ֣עַלYa.'alH5927;but let about two or threeכִּשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁתkish.Lo.shetH7969thousandH505menH376go upיַעֲל֖וּya.'a.LuH5927and smiteוְיַכּ֣וּve.ya.KuH5221Aiהָעָ֑יha.'AiH5857; andmake not all the peopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971to labourתְּיַגַּע־te.ya.ga'-H3021thither; for they are butfewמְעַ֖טme.'AtH4592.

4So there went upוַיַּעֲל֤וּvai.ya.'a.LuH5927thither of the peopleהָעָם֙ha.'AmH5971about threeכִּשְׁלֹ֥שֶׁתkish.Lo.shetH7969thousandאֲלָפִ֖ים'a.la.FimH505menאִ֑ישׁ'IshH376:and they fledוַיָּנֻ֕סוּvai.ya.Nu.suH5127beforeלִפְנֵ֖יlif.NeiH6440the menאַנְשֵׁ֥י'an.SheiH582of Aiהָעָֽי׃ha.'AiH5857.

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