Joshua 7:16–26

The Sin of Achan

¹⁶So Joshua arose early in the morning and brought Israel near by ¹tribes, and the tribe of Judah was taken.

¹⁷He brought the family of Judah near, and he took the family of the Zerahites; and he brought the family of the Zerahites near man by man, and Zabdi was taken.

¹⁸He brought his household near man by man; and ^aAchan, son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, was taken.

¹⁹Then Joshua said to Achan, “My son, I implore you, ^agive glory to the Lord, the God of Israel, and give praise to Him; and tell me now what you have done. Do not hide it from me.”

²⁰So Achan answered Joshua and said, “Truly, I have sinned against the Lord, the God of Israel, and ¹this is what I did:

²¹when I saw among the spoil a beautiful mantle from Shinar and two hundred shekels of silver and a bar of gold fifty shekels in weight, then I ^acoveted them and took them; and behold, they are concealed in the earth inside my tent with the silver underneath it.”

²²So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent; and behold, it was concealed in his tent with the silver underneath it.

²³They took them from inside the tent and brought them to Joshua and to all the sons of Israel, and they poured them out before the Lord.

²⁴Then Joshua and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, the silver, the mantle, the bar of gold, his sons, his daughters, his ¹oxen, his donkeys, his sheep, his tent and all that belonged to him; and they brought them up to ^athe valley of ²Achor.

²⁵Joshua said, “Why have you ^atroubled us? The Lord will trouble you this day.” And all Israel stoned ¹them with stones; and they burned them with fire ²after they had stoned them with stones.

²⁶They raised over him a great heap of stones that stands to this day, and the Lord turned from the fierceness of His anger. Therefore the name of that place has been called ^athe valley of ¹Achor to this day.