that the Israelites were part of something much bigger than themselves. Achan and all his countrymen had all this in place, then, before the walls of Jericho ever toppled to the ground, but there in the spoils was a beautiful Babylonian garment, the like of which he had never seen before. And beside it were two hundred shekels of silver and a wedge of pure gold! These would have to go to Joshua as part of the Lord’s treasury! But no one had seen him scoop up these spoils. It would be easy to hide