Joshua 7:16–26

Achan Judged

¹⁶Joshua got up early the next morning. He had Israel come forward tribe by tribe, and the tribe of Judah was selected. ¹⁷He had the clans of Judah come forward, and the Zerahite clan was selected. He had the Zerahite clan come forward by heads of families, ^sand Zabdi was selected. ¹⁸He then had Zabdi’s family come forward man by man, and Achan son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was selected.

¹⁹So Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the Lord, the God of Israel, ^tand make a confession to Him. ^uI urge you, tell me what you have done. Don’t hide anything from me.”

²⁰Achan replied to Joshua, “It is true. I have sinned against the Lord, the God of Israel. ^vThis is what I did: ²¹When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Babylon, ^w200 silver shekels, ^xand a bar of gold weighing 50 shekels, ^yI coveted them and took them. ^zYou can see for yourself. They are concealed in the ground inside my tent, with the money under the cloak.” ²²So Joshua sent messengers who ran to the tent, and there was the cloak, concealed in his tent, with the money underneath. ²³They took the things from inside the tent, brought them to Joshua and all the Israelites, and spread them out in the Lord’s presence.

²⁴Then Joshua and all Israel with him took Achan son of Zerah, the silver, the cloak, and the bar of gold, his sons and daughters, his ox, donkey, and sheep, his tent, and all that he had, and brought them up to the Valley of Achor. ^a25Joshua said, “Why have you troubled us? ^bToday the Lord will trouble you!” So all Israel stoned them ^cto death. They burned their bodies, ^dthrew stones on them, ²⁶and raised over him a large pile of rocks that remains to this day. ^eThen the Lord turned from His burning anger. Therefore that place is called the Valley of Achor ^fto this day.