²⁰Achan replied, “It is true! I have sinned against the Lord, the God of Israel. This is what I have done: ²¹When I saw in the plunder^x a beautiful robe from Babylonia,^c two hundred shekels^d of silver and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels,^e I coveted^y them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”

²²So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent, and there it was, hidden in his tent, with the silver underneath. ²³They took the things from the tent, brought them to Joshua and all the Israelites and spread them out before the Lord.

²⁴Then Joshua, together with all Israel, took Achan son of Zerah, the silver, the robe, the gold bar, his sons^z and daughters, his cattle, donkeys and sheep, his tent and all that he had, to the Valley of Achor.^a ²⁵Joshua said, “Why have you brought this trouble^b on us? The Lord will bring trouble on you today.”

Then all Israel stoned him,^c and after they had stoned the rest, they burned them.^d ²⁶Over Achan they heaped^e up a large pile of rocks, which remains to this day.^f Then the Lord turned from his fierce anger.^g Therefore that place has been called the Valley of Achor^f^h ever since.

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Footnotes

cHebrew Shinar
dThat is, about 5 pounds or about 2.3 kilograms
eThat is, about 1 1/4 pounds or about 575 grams
fAchor means trouble.

Cross references

xSee Ge 34:29; See 49:27
ySee Dt 7:25; Eph 5:5; 1 Ti 6:10
zSee Nu 16:27
aver 26; Jos 15:7; Isa 65:10; Hos 2:15
bSee Jos 6:18
cSee Lev 20:2; Dt 17:5; 1 Ki 12:18; 2 Ch 10:18; 24:21; Ne 9:26
dSee Ge 38:24
e 2 Sa 18:17
fSee Ge 35:20
gSee Nu 25:4
hSee ver 24