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And the sons of Israel trespassed a trespass in what was devoted*, and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zeraḥ, of the tribe of Judah , took from what was devoted; and the anger of Jehovah was··fierce against◦ the sons of Israel .
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And Joshua sent men▵ from Jericho to Ai , which is by Beth-aven from the east of Bethel , and he said to▵ them, saying, Go··up and spy ··out the land . And the men▵ went··up and spied ··out Ai .
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And they returned to▵ Joshua , and said to▵ him, Let not all the people go··up, let about◦ two··thousand men ◦ or about◦ three thousand men ◦ go··up and smite Ai ; make not all the people toil thither; for they◦ are few.
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And there went··up of the people thither about◦ three thousand men ◦; and they fled before the men ◦ of Ai .
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And the men ◦ of Ai smote of them◦ about◦ thirty and six men ◦; and they pursued them before the gate even··to Shebarim, and smote them in the going··down: and the heart of the people melted and became water .
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And Joshua rent his raiment and fell on his face to▫ the earth before the ark of Jehovah until the evening , he◦ and the elders of Israel ; and they brought··up dust on their head .
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And Joshua said , Alas, O Lord Jehovih*, why hast Thou made this people crossing to cross··over the Jordan , to give us into the hand of the Amorite, to make· us ·perish? And would··that we had been··content and dwelt across the Jordan !
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In··me* Lord, what shall I say after that Israel turns the back◦ before his enemies !
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And the Canaanite and all they who dwell ··in the land shall hear and will surround us and cut··off our name from the land ; and what wilt Thou do for Thy great name ?
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And Jehovah said to▵ Joshua , Rise ··up; why is this that thou◦ hast fallen on thy face ?
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Israel has sinned and has even passed ··by My covenant which I commanded them; and they have even taken of the devoted··thing and have even stolen , and even deceived◦, and have even set it into their vessels .
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And the sons of Israel are· not ·able to rise··up before their enemies ; they turn ◦ their back◦ before their enemies for they have become as a doomed··thing*. I will not be with you again if you do not blot··out the doomed··thing from among you.
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Arise , sanctify the people, and say , sanctify yourselves for tomorrow ; for thus says Jehovah God of Israel , There is a devoted··thing among thee, O Israel , thou canst not rise ··up before thine enemies until you remove the devoted··thing from among you.
14
And in the morning you shall be offered according··to▵ your tribes ◦; and it shall be that the tribe◦ which Jehovah shall take◦ shall offer themselves according··to▵ the families ; and the family which Jehovah shall take◦ shall offer themselves according··to▵ the houses ; and the house which Jehovah shall take◦ shall offer themselves according··to▵ the mighty··men.
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And it shall be that he that is taken◦ with the devoted··thing shall be burned··up with fire , he and all that he has; for he has transgressed◦ the covenant of Jehovah , and because he has done folly in Israel .
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And Joshua got··up··early in the morning , and offered Israel according··to▵ their tribes ◦; and the tribe◦ of Judah was taken◦.
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And he offered the family of Judah ; and He* took◦ the family of the Zarhite; and he offered the family of the Zarhite according··to▵ their mighty··men and He took◦ Zabdi.
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And he offered his house according··to▵ the mighty··men and He took◦ Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zeraḥ of the tribe of Judah .
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And Joshua said to▵ Achan, My son , set, I pray◦ thee, glory for Jehovah the God of Israel , and give confession to Him; and tell , I pray◦ thee, what thou hast done, conceal◦ it not from me.
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And Achan answered Joshua and said , Truly I▵ have sinned against▵ Jehovah , the God of Israel , and as this and as this* have I done:
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And I saw among the spoil one good mantle◦ of Shinar and two··hundred shekels of silver and one wedge* of gold of fifty shekels weight, and I coveted them and took them; and behold, they are concealed in the earth in the midst of my tent , and the silver under it.
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And Joshua sent messengers and they ran to▫ the tent ; and behold, it was concealed in his tent , and the silver under it.
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And they took them from the midst of the tent , and brought them in to▵ Joshua and to▵ all the sons of Israel , and poured them out before Jehovah .
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And Joshua , and all Israel with▵ him, took Achan, the son of Zeraḥ, and the silver , and the mantle◦ and the wedge of gold , and his sons and his daughters , and his ox and his donkey , and his flock and his tent , and all that he had; and they brought· them ·up to the valley of Achor.
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And Joshua said , With what hast thou troubled us ? Jehovah shall trouble thee on◦ this day . And all Israel stoned ▵ him with stones ; and they burned· them ·up with fire , and stoned ◦ them with stones .
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And they raised··up over him a great heap of stones to◦ this day ; and Jehovah turned ··back from the fierceness of His anger . Therefore he called the name of that◦ place , the Valley of Achor, to◦ this day .