Joshua:7

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* But the children of Israel committed unfaithfulness in that which had been brought under the curse : 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 Jehovah was kindled against the children of Israel . * And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai , which is beside Beth-Aven , on the east side of Bethel , and spoke to them , saying , Go up and spy out the country . And the men went up and spied out Ai . * And they returned to Joshua , and said to him , Let not all the people go up ; let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai ; make not all the people to toil thither , for they are few . * And there went up thither of the people about three thousand men , but they fled before the men of Ai . * And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty-six men ; and they pursued them from before the gate to Shebarim , and smote them on the descent . Then the hearts of the people melted , and became as water . * And Joshua rent his clothes , and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of Jehovah until the evening , he and the elders of Israel , and threw dust upon their heads . * And Joshua said , Alas , Lord Jehovah , wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over the Jordan , to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites , to destroy us ? Oh that we had been content and had remained beyond the Jordan ! * Ah Lord ! what shall I say after Israel have turned their backs before their enemies ? * When the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear [of it ], they will surround us , and cut off our name from the earth . And what wilt thou do unto thy great name ? * And Jehovah said to Joshua , Rise up ; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face ? * Israel hath sinned , and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them , and they have even taken of the accursed thing , and have also stolen , and dissembled also , and they have put it among their stuff . * And the children of Israel shall not be able to stand before their enemies : they shall turn their backs before their enemies , for they have made themselves accursed . I will no more be with you , except ye destroy the accursed thing from your midst . * Rise up , hallow the people , and say , Hallow yourselves for to-morrow ; for thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel , There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee , Israel : thou shalt not be able to stand before thine enemies , until ye take away the accursed thing from your midst . * And ye shall be brought near in the morning according to your tribes ; and it shall be , that the tribe which Jehovah taketh shall come forward by families , and the family which Jehovah taketh shall come forward by households ; and the household which Jehovah taketh shall come forward man by man . * And it shall be , that he who is taken with the accursed thing shall be burned with fire , he and all that he hath , because he hath transgressed the covenant of Jehovah , and because he hath wrought wickedness in Israel . * And Joshua rose early in the morning , and caused Israel to come forward by their tribes , and the tribe of Judah was taken . * And he caused the families of Judah to come forward , and he took the family of the Zarhites . And he caused the family of the Zarhites to come forward man by man , and Zabdi was taken . * And he caused his household to come forward man by man , and Achan , the son of Carmi , the son of Zabdi , the son of Zerah , of the tribe of Judah , was taken . * And Joshua said to Achan , My son , give , I pray thee , glory to Jehovah the God of Israel , and make confession to him : tell me now what thou hast done , keep it not back from me . * And Achan answered Joshua and said , Indeed I have sinned against Jehovah the God of Israel , and thus and thus have I done . * I saw among the spoils a beautiful mantle of Shinar , and two hundred shekels of silver , and a golden bar of fifty shekels weight , and 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 . * And Joshua sent messengers , and they ran to the tent , and behold , it was hid in his tent , and the silver under it . * And they took them out of the midst of the tent , and brought them to Joshua and to all the children of Israel , and laid them out before Jehovah . * Then Joshua , and all Israel with him , took Achan the son of Zerah , and the silver , and the mantle , and the bar 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 up into the valley of Achor . * And Joshua said , How hast thou troubled us ! Jehovah will trouble thee this day . And all Israel stoned him with stones ; and they burned them with fire , and stoned them with stones . * And they raised over him a great heap of stones , [which is there ] to this day . And Jehovah turned from the fierceness of his anger . Therefore the name of that place was called , The Valley of Achor , to this day .

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