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Joshua 7:16–26

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16So Joshua rose early in the morning and brought Israel near tribe by tribe, and the tribe of Judah was taken. 17And he brought near the clans of Judah, and the clan of the uZerahites was taken. And he brought near the clan of the Zerahites man by man, and Zabdi was taken. 18And 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. 19Then Joshua said to Achan, “My son, vgive glory to the Lord God of Israel and wgive praise2 to him. And xtell me now what you have done; do not hide it from me.” 20And Achan answered Joshua, “Truly yI have sinned against the Lord God of Israel, and this is what I did: 21when I saw among the spoil a beautiful cloak from Shinar, and 200 shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing 50 shekels,3 then I coveted them and took them. And see, they are hidden in the earth inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”

22So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent; and behold, it was hidden in his tent with the silver underneath. 23And they took them out of the tent and brought them to Joshua and to all the people of Israel. And they laid them down before the Lord. 24And Joshua and all Israel with him took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver and the cloak and the bar of gold, and his sons and daughters and his oxen and donkeys and sheep and his tent and all that he had. And they brought them up to the zValley of Achor. 25And Joshua said, “Why did you abring trouble on us? The Lord brings trouble on you today.” And all Israel bstoned him with stones. cThey burned them with fire and stoned them with stones. 26And they raised over him da great heap of stones that remains to this day. Then ethe Lord turned from his burning anger. Therefore, to this day the name of that place is called the Valley of Achor.4

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Footnotes

  1. 2Or and make confession
  2. 3A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
  3. 4Achor means trouble

Cross references

  1. uNum. 26:20
  2. v1 Sam. 6:5; Jer. 13:16; Mal. 2:2; John 9:24
  3. wNum. 5:6, 7; 2 Chr. 30:22; Ezra 10:11; Dan. 9:4
  4. x1 Sam. 14:43
  5. y2 Sam. 12:13
  6. zver. 26; ch. 15:7; Isa. 65:10; Hos. 2:15
  7. ach. 6:18; 1 Chr. 2:7
  8. bLev. 20:2; 24:14
  9. cch. 22:20
  10. dch. 8:29; 2 Sam. 18:17; [Lam. 3:53]
  11. eDeut. 13:17