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13 lines
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Joshua sends soldiers to Ai and is defeated.
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## three thousand men ##
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The word "men" here refers to "soldiers." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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## three thousand men... thirty-six men ##
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six men** - These refer to the number of men (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])
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## the hearts of the people were afraid and their courage left them ##
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The word "people" refers to Israel. These two phrases mean basically the same thing and emphasize the intensity of their fear. AT: “the people of Israel were terrified” (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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