Joshua:7:6-13
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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 Yisra #
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and put dust upon their heads ro #
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And Joshua said ,
Alas ,
O Lord GOD ,
wherefore hast thou at all broughtthis 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 !
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O Lord ,
what shall I say ,
when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies !
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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 ?
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And the LORD said unto Joshua ,
Get thee up ;
wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face ?
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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 .
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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 .
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Up ,
sanctify the people ,
and say ,
Sanctify yourselves against to morrow :
for thus saith the LORD God of Israel Yisra #
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There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee ,
O Israel Yisra #
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thou canst not stand before thine enemies ,
until ye take away the accursed thing from among you .