Joshua 7
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Joshua 7:16-26

16So Joshua got up early in the morning and brought Israel forward by 1tribes, and the tribe of Judah was selected. 17So he brought the family of Judah forward, and he selected the family of the Zerahites; then he brought the family of the Zerahites forward man by man, and Zabdi was selected. 18And he brought his household forward man by man; and 2Achan, son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, was selected. 19Then Joshua said to Achan, “My son, I implore you, 3give 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 4this is what I did: 21when I saw among the spoils a beautiful robe from Shinar, two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold fifty shekels in weight, then I 5wanted them and took them; and behold, they are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”

22So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent; and behold, it was hidden in his tent with the silver underneath it. 23So they took them from inside the tent and brought them to Joshua and to all the sons of Israel; and they 6laid them out before the Lord. 24Then Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, the silver, the robe, the bar of gold, his sons, his daughters, his 7oxen, his donkeys, his sheep, his tent, and all that belonged to him; and they brought them up to 8the Valley of 9Achor. 25And Joshua said, “Why have you 10brought disaster on us? The Lord will bring disaster on you this day.” And all Israel stoned 11them with stones; and they burned them with fire 12after they had stoned them with stones. 26Then they erected over him a large 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 13the Valley of 14Achor to this day.

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Notes

  1. 1. Joshua 7:16 Lit its tribes ↩
  2. 2. Joshua 7:18 Num 32:23; Acts 5:1-10 ↩
  3. 3. Joshua 7:19 1 Sam 6:5; 2 Chr 30:22; Jer 13:16; John 9:24 ↩
  4. 4. Joshua 7:20 Lit thus and thus I did ↩
  5. 5. Joshua 7:21 Eph 5:5; 1 Tim 6:10 ↩
  6. 6. Joshua 7:23 Lit emptied ↩
  7. 7. Joshua 7:24 Or cattle ↩
  8. 8. Joshua 7:24 Josh 15:7 ↩
  9. 9. Joshua 7:24 I.e., disaster ↩
  10. 10. Joshua 7:25 Josh 6:18 ↩
  11. 11. Joshua 7:25 Lit him ↩
  12. 12. Joshua 7:25 Lit and they stoned ↩
  13. 13. Joshua 7:26 Is 65:10; Hos 2:15 ↩
  14. 14. Joshua 7:26 I.e., disaster ↩

Commentaries on Joshua 7

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