Joshua
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1 But the children of
Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of
Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of
the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the
children of Israel.
2 And Joshua sent men from Jericho
to Ai, which is beside Bethaven, on the east side of Bethel, and
spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up
and viewed Ai.
3 And they returned to Joshua, and
said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three
thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the people to
labour thither; for they are but few.
4 So there went up thither of the
people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.
5 And the men of Ai smote of them
about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate
even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the
hearts of the people melted, and became as water.
6 And Joshua rent his
clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD
until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their
heads.
7 And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord GOD,
wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us
into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been
content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan!
8 O Lord, what shall I say, when
Israel turneth their backs before their enemies!
9 For the Canaanites and all the
inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us
round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy
great name?
10 And the LORD said
unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?
11 Israel hath sinned, and they have
also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even
taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also,
and they have put it even among their own stuff.
12 Therefore the children of Israel
could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs
before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with
you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you.
13 Up, sanctify the people, and say,
Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of
Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel:
thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed
thing from among you.
14 In the morning therefore ye shall
be brought according to your tribes: and it shall be, that the
tribe which the LORD taketh shall come according to the families thereof;
and the family which the LORD shall take shall come by households; and the
household which the LORD shall take shall come man by man.
15 And it shall be, that he
that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all
that he hath: because he hath transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and
because he hath wrought folly in Israel.
16 So Joshua rose up
early in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of
Judah was taken:
17 And he brought the family of
Judah; and he took the family of the Zarhites: and he brought the family
of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was taken:
18 And he brought his household man
by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah,
of the tribe of Judah, was taken.
19 And Joshua said unto Achan, My
son, give, I pray thee, glory to the LORD God of Israel, and make
confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it
not from me.
20 And Achan answered Joshua, and
said, Indeed I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel, and thus and
thus have I done:
21 When I saw among the spoils a
goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge
of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and,
behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the
silver under it.
22 So Joshua sent messengers, and
they ran unto the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and
the silver under it.
23 And they took them out of the
midst of the tent, and brought them unto Joshua, and unto all the children
of Israel, and laid them out before the LORD.
24 And Joshua, and all Israel with
him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the
wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his
asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought
them unto the valley of Achor.
25 And Joshua said, Why hast thou
troubled us? the LORD shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned
him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them
with stones.
26 And they raised over him a great
heap of stones unto this day. So the LORD turned from the fierceness of
his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of
Achor, unto this day.
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