Yahweh said to Joshua, Don't be afraid, neither be dismayed: take all the people of war with you, and arise, go up to Ai; behold, I have given into your hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land;
"Take all the people of war with thee ..." Keil stated that this merely means "the whole army,"[9] but even that limitation indicated a tremendous number of people.  The armed men of Israel at this point numbered over "600,000 fighting men."[10]  With such a vast force under his command, whatever number might have been needed in a given task would have been available.