They returned to Joshua and said to him, “Do not have all the people go up; but let about 2,000 men or 3,000 men go up and strike Ai. Do not make all the people toil up there, for they are
only a few.”
“Do not make all the people toil up there.” The hike from Gilgal to Ai was over 3,000 feet uphill.
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