Joshua 7:4-6

The Voice

⁴ So Joshua sent about 3,000 soldiers to Ai; but they were easily repulsed by the defenders, ⁵ who killed 36 of them and pursued them from the gate even to the descent toward Shebarim. When the Israelites heard their soldiers had been defeated, their courage melted away like water. ⁶ Then Joshua and the elders of Israel tore their robes and fell to the dirt in front of the covenant chest of the Eternal, putting dust on their heads and remaining there until evening.