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Chapter 7
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.
2
And
Joshua
sent
men
from
Jericho
to
Ai,
which
is
beside
Beth-aven,
on
the
east
side
of
Beth-el,
and
spake
unto
them,
saying,
Go
up
and
view
the
country.
And
the
men
went
up
and
viewed
Ai.
3
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.
4
So
there
went
up
thither
of
the
people
about
three
thousand
men:
and
they
fled
before
the
men
of
Ai.
5
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.
6
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,
and
put
dust
upon
their
heads.
7
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
other
side
Jordan!
8
O
Lord,
what
shall
I
say,
when
Israel
turneth
their
backs
before
their
enemies!
9
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?
10
And
the
Lord
said
unto
Joshua,
Get
thee
up;
wherefore
liest
thou
thus
upon
thy
face?
11
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.
12
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.
13
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
accursed
thing
from
among
you.
14
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.
15
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.
16
So
Joshua
rose
up
early
in
the
morning,
and
brought
Israel
by
their
tribes;
and
the
tribe
of
Judah
was
taken:
17
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:
18
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.
19
And
Joshua
said
unto
Achan,
My
son,
give,
I
pray
thee,
glory
to
the
Lord
God
of
Israel,
and
make
confession
unto
him;
and
tell
me
now
what
thou
hast
done;
hide
it
not
from
me.
20
And
Achan
answered
Joshua,
and
said,
Indeed
I
have
sinned
against
the
Lord
God
of
Israel,
and
thus
and
thus
have
I
done:
21
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.
22
So
Joshua
sent
messengers,
and
they
ran
unto
the
tent;
and,
behold,
it
was
hid
in
his
tent,
and
the
silver
under
it.
23
And
they
took
them
out
of
the
midst
of
the
tent,
and
brought
them
unto
Joshua,
and
unto
all
the
children
of
Israel,
and
laid
them
out
before
the
Lord.
24
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,
and
his
tent,
and
all
that
he
had:
and
they
brought
them
unto
the
valley
of
Achor.
25
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.
26
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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