Joshua:5:1-12

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nasb @Joshua:5:1 @But the sons of Israel acted unfaithfully in regard to the things under the ban , for Achan , the son of Carmi , the son of Zabdi , the son of Zerah , from the tribe of Judah , took some of the things under the ban , therefore the anger of the LORD burned against the sons of Israel . nasb @Joshua:5:2 @Now Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai , which is near Beth-aven , east of Bethel , and said to them , "Go up and spy out the land ." So the men went up and spied out Ai . nasb @Joshua:5:3 @They returned to Joshua and said to him , "Do not let all the people go up ; only about two or three thousand men need go up to Ai ; do not make all the people toil up there , for they are few ." nasb @Joshua:5:4 @So about three thousand men from the people went up there , but they fled from the men of Ai . nasb @Joshua:5:5 @The men of Ai struck down about thirty-six of their men , and pursued them from the gate as far as Shebarim and struck them down on the descent , so the hearts of the people melted and became as water . nasb @Joshua:5:6 @Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of the LORD until the evening , both he and the elders of Israel ; and they put dust on their heads . nasb @Joshua:5:7 @Joshua said , "Alas , O Lord GOD , why did You ever bring this people over the Jordan , only to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites , to destroy us ? If only we had been willing to dwell beyond the Jordan ! nasb @Joshua:5:8 " @O Lord , what can I say since Israel has turned their back before their enemies ? nasb @Joshua:5:9 " @ For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it , and they will surround us and cut off our name from the earth . And what will You do for Your great name ?" nasb @Joshua:5:10 @So the LORD said to Joshua , "Rise up ! Why is it that you have fallen on your face ? nasb @Joshua:5:11 " @Israel has sinned , and they have also transgressed My covenant which I commanded them . And they have even taken some of the things under the ban and have both stolen and deceived . Moreover , they have also put them among their own things . nasb @Joshua:5:12 " @Therefore the sons of Israel cannot stand before their enemies ; they turn their backs before their enemies , for they have become accursed . I will not be with you anymore unless you destroy the things under the ban from your midst . nasb @Joshua:5:13 " @Rise up ! Consecrate the people and say , 'Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow , for thus the LORD , the God of Israel , has said , " There are things under the ban in your midst , O Israel . You cannot stand before your enemies until you have removed the things under the ban from your midst ." nasb @Joshua:5:14 @'In the morning then you shall come near by your tribes . And it shall be that the tribe which the LORD takes by lot shall come near by families , and the family which the LORD takes shall come near by households , and the household which the LORD takes shall come near man by man . nasb @Joshua:5:15 @' It shall be that the one who is taken with the things under the ban shall be burned with fire , he and all that belongs to him , because he has transgressed the covenant of the LORD , and because he has committed a disgraceful thing in Israel .'" nasb @Joshua:5:16 @So Joshua arose early in the morning and brought Israel near by tribes , and the tribe of Judah was taken . nasb @Joshua:5:17 @He brought the family of Judah near , and he took the family of the Zerahites ; and he brought the family of the Zerahites near man by man , and Zabdi was taken . nasb @Joshua:5:18 @He brought his household near man by man ; and Achan , son of Carmi , son of Zabdi , son of Zerah , from the tribe of Judah , was taken . nasb @Joshua:5:19 @Then Joshua said to Achan , "My son , I implore you , give glory to the LORD , the God of Israel , and give praise to Him ; and tell me now what you have done . Do not hide it from me ." nasb @Joshua:5:20 @So Achan answered Joshua and said , "Truly , I have sinned against the LORD , the God of Israel , and this is what I did - nasb @Joshua:5:21 @when I saw among the spoil a beautiful mantle from Shinar and two hundred shekels of silver and a bar of gold fifty shekels in weight , then I coveted them and took them ; and behold , they are concealed in the earth inside my tent with the silver underneath it ." nasb @Joshua:5:22 @So Joshua sent messengers , and they ran to the tent ; and behold , it was concealed in his tent with the silver underneath it . nasb @Joshua:5:23 @They took them from inside the tent and brought them to Joshua and to all the sons of Israel , and they poured them out before the LORD . nasb @Joshua:5:24 @Then Joshua and all Israel with him , took Achan the son of Zerah , the silver , the mantle , the bar of gold , his sons , his daughters , his oxen , his donkeys , his sheep , his tent and all that belonged to him ; and they brought them up to the valley of Achor . nasb @Joshua:5:25 @Joshua said , "Why have you troubled us ? The LORD will trouble you this day ." And all Israel stoned them with stones ; and they burned them with fire after they had stoned them with stones . nasb @Joshua:5:26 @They raised over him a great heap of stones that stands to this day , and the LORD turned from the fierceness of His anger . Therefore the name of that place has been called the valley of Achor to this day . nasb @Joshua:5:8 @Now the LORD said to Joshua , " Do not fear or be dismayed . Take all the people of war with you and arise , go up to Ai ; see , I have given into your hand the king of Ai , his people , his city , and his land . nasb @Joshua:5:2 " @You shall do to Ai and its king just as you did to Jericho and its king ; you shall take only its spoil and its cattle as plunder for yourselves . Set an ambush for the city behind it ." nasb @Joshua:5:3 @So Joshua rose with all the people of war to go up to Ai ; and Joshua chose 30 ,000 men , valiant warriors , and sent them out at night . nasb @Joshua:5:4 @He commanded them , saying , "See , you are going to ambush the city from behind it . Do not go very far from the city , but all of you be ready . nasb @Joshua:5:5 " @Then I and all the people who are with me will approach the city . And when they come out to meet us as at the first , we will flee before them . nasb @Joshua:5:6 " @They will come out after us until we have drawn them away from the city , for they will say , 'They are fleeing before us as at the first .' So we will flee before them . nasb @Joshua:5:7 " @And you shall rise from your ambush and take possession of the city , for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand . nasb @Joshua:5:8 " @Then it will be when you have seized the city , that you shall set the city on fire . You shall do it according to the word of the LORD . See , I have commanded you ." nasb @Joshua:5:9 @So Joshua sent them away , and they went to the place of ambush and remained between Bethel and Ai , on the west side of Ai ; but Joshua spent that night among the people . nasb @Joshua:5:10 @Now Joshua rose early in the morning and mustered the people , and he went up with the elders of Israel before the people to Ai . nasb @Joshua:5:11 @Then all the people of war who were with him went up and drew near and arrived in front of the city , and camped on the north side of Ai . Now there was a valley between him and Ai . nasb @Joshua:5:12 @And he took about 5 ,000 men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai , on the west side of the city .

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