Joshua 7:12–20

12 mTherefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their nbacks before their enemies, because they were oaccursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy othe accursed from among you. 13 Up, sanctify the people, and say, pSanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the Lord God of Israel, There is oan accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away othe 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 qthe 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 rAnd 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 stransgressed 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 tthe 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 uAchan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, vwas taken. 19 And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, wgive, I pray thee, glory to the Lord God of Israel, and xmake confession unto him; and ytell 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: