Joshua:7
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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 Yisra #
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And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai ,
which is beside Bethaven Beyth ,
on the east side of Bethel Beyth -#
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and spake unto them ,
saying ,
Go up and view the country .
And the men went up and viewed Ai .
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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 m @#
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So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men :
and they fled before the men of Ai .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 Yisra #
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So Joshua rose up early in the morning ,
and brought Israel by their tribes ;
and the tribe of Judah was taken :
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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 :
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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 .
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And Joshua said unto Achan ,
My son ,
give ,
I pray thee ,
glory to the LORD God of Israel Yisra #
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and make confession unto him ;
and tell me now what thou hast done ;
hide it not from me .
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And Achan answered Joshua ,
and said ,
Indeed I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel Yisra #
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and thus and thus have I done :
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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 .
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So Joshua sent messengers mal #
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and they ran unto the tent ;
and ,
behold ,
it was hid in his tent ,
and the silver under it .
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And they took them out of the midst of the tent ,
and brought them unto Joshua ,
and unto all the children of Israel Yisra #
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and laid them out before the LORD .
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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 tso #
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and his tent ,
and all that he had :
and they brought them unto the valley of Achor .
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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 .
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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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