Joshua 7

¹ But the childrenchildren of IsraelIsrael committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the sonson of Carmi, the sonson of Zabdi, the sonson of ZerahZerah, of the tribetribe of JudahJudah, took of the accursed thing: and the angeranger of the LORDthe LORD was kindled against the childrenchildren of IsraelIsrael.

² And JoshuaJoshua sentsent men from JerichoJericho to AiAi, which is beside Beth-aven, on the east sideside of BethelBethel, and spakespake unto them, saying, Go upGo up and viewview the countrycountry. And the men went up and viewed AiAi.

³ And they returnedreturned to JoshuaJoshua, and saidsaid unto him, Let not all the peoplepeople go upgo up; but let about two or threethree thousandthousand menmen go upgo up and smitesmite AiAi; and make not all the peoplepeople to labour thither; for they are but few.

⁴ So there went up thither of the peoplepeople about threethree thousandthousand menmen: and they fledfled beforebefore the menmen of AiAi.

⁵ And the menmen of AiAi smotesmote of them about thirtythirty and six menmen: for they chased them from beforebefore the gategate even unto Shebarim, and smotesmote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the peoplepeople meltedmelted, and became as waterwater.

⁶ And JoshuaJoshua rent his clothes, and fellfell to the earthearth upon his faceface beforebefore the arkark of the LORDthe LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israelelders of Israel, and putput dustdust upon their headsheads.

⁷ And JoshuaJoshua saidsaid, Alas, O LordLord GOD, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over JordanJordan, to deliver usus into the handhand of the Amorites, to destroy usus? would to God we had been content, and dweltdwelt on the other sideside JordanJordan!

⁸ O Lord, what shall I saysay, when IsraelIsrael turneth their backs beforebefore their enemiesenemies!

⁹ For the Canaanites and all the inhabitantsthe inhabitants of the landland shall hearhear of it, and shall environ usus round, and cut offcut off our namename from the earthearth: and what wilt thou do unto thy greatgreat namename?

¹⁰ And the LORDthe LORD saidsaid unto JoshuaJoshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy faceface?

¹¹ IsraelIsrael hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commandedcommanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolenstolen, and dissembled also, and they have putput it even among their ownown stuff.

¹² Therefore the childrenchildren of IsraelIsrael could not standstand beforebefore their enemiesenemies, but turnedturned their backs beforebefore their enemiesenemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you.

¹³ Up, sanctifysanctify the people, and saysay, sanctifysanctify yourselves against to morrowmorrow: for thus saithsaith the LORDthe LORD GodGod of IsraelIsrael, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O IsraelIsrael: thou canst not standstand beforebefore thine enemiesenemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.

¹⁴ In the morningmorning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribestribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the LORDthe LORD taketh shall come according to the familiesfamilies thereof; and the familyfamily which the LORDthe LORD shall take shall come by households; and the householdhousehold which the LORDthe LORD shall take shall come man by man.

¹⁵ And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with firefire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed the covenant of the LORDthe LORD, and because he hath wrought follyfolly in IsraelIsrael.

¹⁶ So JoshuaJoshua rose uprose up earlyearly in the morningmorning, and brought IsraelIsrael by their tribestribes; and the tribe of JudahJudah was taken:

¹⁷ And he brought the familyfamily of JudahJudah; and he took the familyfamily of the Zarhites: and he brought the familyfamily of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was taken:

¹⁸ And he brought his householdhousehold man by man; and Achan, the sonson of Carmi, the sonson of Zabdi, the sonson of ZerahZerah, of the tribetribe of JudahJudah, was taken.

¹⁹ And JoshuaJoshua saidsaid unto Achan, My sonson, givegive, I pray thee, glory to the LORDthe LORD GodGod of IsraelIsrael, and make confession unto him; and telltell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me.

²⁰ And Achan answeredanswered JoshuaJoshua, and saidsaid, Indeed I have sinned against the LORDthe LORD GodGod of IsraelIsrael, and thus and thus have I done:

²¹ When I sawsaw among the spoilsspoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundredhundred shekelsshekels of silversilver, and a wedge of goldgold of fiftyfifty shekelsshekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earthearth in the midstmidst of my tenttent, and the silversilver underunder it.

²² So JoshuaJoshua sentsent messengersmessengers, and they ran unto the tenttent; and, behold, it was hid in his tenttent, and the silversilver underunder it.

²³ And they took them out of the midstmidst of the tenttent, and brought them unto JoshuaJoshua, and unto all the childrenchildren of IsraelIsrael, and laid them out beforebefore the LORDthe LORD.

²⁴ And JoshuaJoshua, and all IsraelIsrael with him, took Achan the sonson of ZerahZerah, and the silversilver, and the garment, and the wedge of goldgold, and his sons, and his daughtersdaughters, and his oxen, and his assesasses, and his sheepsheep, and his tenttent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley ofvalley of Achor.

²⁵ And JoshuaJoshua saidsaid, Why hast thou troubled usus? the LORDthe LORD shall trouble thee this dayday. And all IsraelIsrael stonedstoned him with stonesstones, and burned them with firefire, after they had stonedstoned them with stonesstones.

²⁶ And they raised over him a greatgreat heapheap of stonesstones unto this dayday. So the LORDthe LORD turnedturned from the fierceness of his angeranger. Wherefore the namename of that placeplace was calledcalled, The valley ofvalley of Achor, unto this dayday.