Yosua 7:3

7:3 They returned and reported to Joshua, ¹  “Don’t send the whole army. ²  About two or three thousand men are adequate to defeat Ai. ³  Don’t tire out the whole army, for Ai is small.” ⁴ 

Yosua 9:27

9:27 and that day made them woodcutters and water carriers for the community and for the altar of the Lord at the divinely chosen site. (They continue in that capacity to this very day.) ⁵ 

[7:3]  ¹ tn Heb “and they returned to Joshua and said to him.”

[7:3]  ² tn Heb “Don’t let all the people go up.”

[7:3]  ³ tn Heb “Let about two thousand men or about three thousand men go up to defeat Ai.”

[7:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “all the people for they are small.”

[9:27]  ⁵ tn Heb “and Joshua made them in that day woodcutters and water carriers for the community, and for the altar of the Lord to this day at the place which he chooses.”