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Israel has sinned ;
they have transgressed my covenant which I commanded them ;
they have taken some of the devoted things ;
they have stolen ,
and lied ,
and put them among their own stuff .
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Therefore the people of Israel cannot stand before their enemies ;
they turn their backs before their enemies ,
because they have become a thing for destruction .
I will be with you no more ,
unless you destroy the devoted things from among you .
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Up ,
sanctify the people ,
and say , `
Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow ;
for thus says the LORD ,
God of Israel , "
There are devoted things in the midst of you ,
O Israel ;
you cannot stand before your enemies ,
until you take away the devoted things from among you ."
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In the morning therefore you shall be brought near by your tribes ;
and the tribe which the LORD takes 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 .
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And he who is taken with the devoted things shall be burned with fire ,
he and all that he has ,
because he has transgressed the covenant of the LORD ,
and because he has done a shameful thing in Israel .'"
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So Joshua rose early in the morning ,
and brought Israel near tribe by tribe ,
and the tribe of Judah was taken ;
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and he brought near the families of Judah ,
and the family of the Zer '
ahites was taken ;
and he brought near the family of the Zer '
ahites man by man ,
and Zabdi was taken ;
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and he brought near his household man by man ,
and Achan the son of Carmi ,
son of Zabdi ,
son of Zerah ,
of the tribe of Judah ,
was taken .
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Then Joshua said to Achan , "
My son ,
give glory to the LORD God of Israel ,
and render praise to him ;
and tell me now what you have done ;
do not hide it from me ."
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And Achan answered Joshua , "
Of a truth I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel ,
and this is what I did :
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when I saw among the spoil a beautiful mantle from Shinar ,
and two hundred shekels of silver ,
and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels ,
then I coveted them ,
and took them ;
and behold ,
they are hidden in the earth inside my tent ,
with the silver underneath ."
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So Joshua sent messengers ,
and they ran to the tent ;
and behold ,
it was hidden in his tent with the silver underneath .
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And they took them out of the tent and brought them to Joshua and all the people of Israel ;
and they laid them down 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 mantle and the bar of gold ,
and his sons and daughters ,
and his oxen and asses and sheep ,
and his tent ,
and all that he had ;
and they brought them up to the Valley of Achor .