The men of Ai struck about thirty-six men of them, and they chased them from before the gate even to Shebarim, and struck them at the descent. The hearts of the people melted, and became like water.

The LORD said to Joshua, "Get up. Why are you fallen on your face like that?

They will come out after us, until we have drawn them away from the city; for they will say, 'They flee before us, like the first time.' So we will flee before them,

There was no day like that before it or after it, that the LORD listened to the voice of a man; for the LORD fought for Israel.