Joshua:7

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* But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the (note :)In taking that which was commanded to be destroyed .(:note ) 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 . * And Joshua sent men from Jericho to (note :)This was a city of the Amorites : for there was another so called among the Amorites , ( Jer_49:3 ). The first Ai is called Aiah , ( Isa_10:28 ).(:note ) 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 . * And returned to Ioshua , and saide vnto him , Let not al the people go vp , but let as it were two or three thousand men go vp , and smite Ai , and make not al the people to labour thither , for they are fewe . * So there went vp thither of the people about three thousande men , and they fledde before the men of Ai . * And the (note :)God would by this overthrow make them more earnest to search out and punish the sin committed .(:note ) 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 . * Then Ioshua rent his clothes , and fell to the earth vpon his face before the Arke of the Lord , vntill the euentide , he , and the Elders of Israel , and put dust vpon their heads . * 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 (note :)This infirmity of his faith shows how we are inclined by nature to distrust .(:note ) other side Jordan ! * Oh Lord , what shal I say , when Israel turne their backes before their enemies ? * 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 (note :)When your enemies will blaspheme you and say that you were not able to defend us from them .(:note ) name ? * And the Lord said vnto Ioshua , Get thee vp : wherefore lyest thou thus vpon thy face ? * Israel hath sinned , and they haue transgressed my couenant , which I commanded them : for they haue euen taken of the excomunicate thing , and haue also stollen , and dissembled also , and haue put it euen with their owne stuffe . * 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 (note :)Then to allow wickedness unpunished , is to refuse God willingly .(:note ) destroy the accursed from among you . * 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 (note :)Meaning , the man that took of the thing forbidden .(:note ) accursed thing from among you . * In the morning therefore ye shall come according to your tribes , and the tribe which the Lord taketh , shal come according to the families : and the familie which the Lorde shall take , shall come by the housholds : and the houshold which the Lord shall take , shall come man by man . * And it shall be , [that ] he that is (note :)That is found guilty , either by lots , or by the judgment of Urim . ( Num_27:21 ).(:note ) 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 . * So Ioshua rose vp earely in the morning and brought Israel by their tribes : and the tribe of Iudah was taken . * And he brought the families of Iudah , and tooke the familie of the Zarhites , and he brought the familie of the Zarhites , man by man , and Zabdi was taken . * And he brought his houshold , man by man , and Achan ye sonne of Carmi , the sonne of Zabdi , the sonne of Zerah of the tribe of Iudah was take . * And Joshua said unto Achan , My son , give , I pray thee , glory to the LORD God of Israel , and (note :)By declaring truth : for God is glorified when the truth is confessed .(:note ) make confession unto him ; and tell me now what thou hast done ; hide [it ] not from me . * And Achan answered Ioshua , and saide , In deede , I haue sinned against the Lord God of Israel , and thus , and thus haue I done . * When I saw among the spoils a goodly (note :)Such a rich garment as the states of Babylon wore .(:note ) 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 . * Then Ioshua sent messengers , which ran vnto the tent , and beholde , it was hid in his tent , and the siluer vnder it . * Therefore they tooke them out of the tent , and brought them vnto Ioshua , and vnto all the children of Israel , and layd them before the Lord . * And Joshua , and all Israel with him , took Achan the son of Zerah , and the silver , and the garment , and the (note :)Some read a plate : others , a rod , and some a tongue .(:note ) wedge of gold , and his This judgment belonged only to God , and to whom he will reveal it . He had commanded man not to punish the child for the father 's sins , ( Deu_24:16 ). 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 . * And Joshua said , (note :)He declares that this is God 's judgment because he had offended , and caused others to be slain .(:note ) 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 . * And they cast vpon him a great heape of stones vnto this day : and so the Lord turned from his fierce wrath : therefore hee called the name of that place , The valley of Achor , vnto this day .

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