Joshua sends soldiers to Ai and is defeated.

## three thousand men ##

The word "men" here refers to "soldiers." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

## three thousand men... thirty-six men ##

six men**  - These refer to the number of men (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])

## the hearts of the people were afraid and their courage left them ##

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]])