Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Let not all the people go up, . . . for they are but few—As the population of Ai amounted to twelve thousand (Joshua 8:25), it was a considerable town; though in the hasty and distant reconnoitre made by the spies, it probably appeared small in comparison to Jericho; and this may have been the reason for their proposing so small a detachment to capture it.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Joshua 7:3:
Joshua 8:1-2
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