Joshua, Chapter 7:
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Joshua Verses, Chapter 7 of the Book of Joshua of the Bible.
Achan's Sin
- 1. However, the Israelites were unfaithful and took for themselves sacred things. Achan, son of Carmi, of the tribe of Judah, took possession of some of them. And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel.
- 2. Then Joshua sent spies to Ai, a city near Beth-aven, east of Bethel, and ordered: “Go up and investigate the area.” The spies went up and investigated Ai.
- 3. When they returned to Joshua, they said, “There is no need to send the entire army to attack Ai. Send only two or three thousand men. There are few of them, and we don’t need to tire the entire army.”
- 4. So about three thousand men were sent to attack the city, but the men of Ai defeated them.
- 5. They killed thirty-six Israelites and pursued them from the city gate to Sebarim, where they wounded them on the way down. Faced with this, the people were discouraged and dejected.
- 6. Then Joshua and the Israelites tore their clothes and fell face down before the ark of the Lord, covering their heads with earth. They remained like that until the afternoon.
- 7. Joshua exclaimed: “Ah, Sovereign Lord! Why have you brought us here beyond the Jordan? Was it to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites and destroy us? It would be better if we had stayed on the other side of the Jordan!
- 8. O Lord, what shall I say now that Israel has been defeated by its enemies?
- 9. The Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear about this and will surround us, and then they will erase our name from the face of the earth. What will you do for your great name?”
- 10. The Lord said to Joshua, “Get up! Why are you lying there?
- 11. Israel sinned; they have violated my covenant which I commanded them. They took consecrated things for themselves, stole them and hid them among their belongings.
- 12. This is why the Israelites cannot resist their enemies; they flee from them because they have become the object of a curse. If you do not eliminate from your midst what was consecrated for destruction, I will no longer be with you.
- 13. Go, sanctify the people. Say to them, 'Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, for this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: There are holy things among you, O Israel. You will not be able to resist your enemies until you remove these things.
- 14. The next morning, present yourselves in order of tribes. The tribe that the Lord chooses will approach in order of clans, and the clan that the Lord chooses will approach in order of families. And the family that the Lord chooses will approach man by man.
- 15. Whoever is found with the consecrated things will be burned, he and everything that belongs to him, because he has violated the covenant of the Lord and brought disgrace on Israel.”
- 16. The next morning, Joshua ordered everyone to present themselves by tribe, and the tribe of Judah was chosen.
- 17. The clans of Judah came together, and the clan of the Zerahites was chosen. Then the families of the Zerahites came together, and the family of Zimri was chosen.
- 18. Finally, the men of Zimri approached, and Achan, son of Carmi and grandson of Zimri, from the tribe of Judah, was chosen.
- 19. Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the Lord, the God of Israel, and confess what you have done. Do not hide anything from me".
- 20. Achan replied, “True, I have sinned against the Lord, the God of Israel. I did the following:
- 21. When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Babylon, two hundred and fifty shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. They are hidden on the floor of my tent, with the silver underneath.”
- 22. Then Joshua sent men to Achan's tent and found the things hidden there, with the silver underneath.
- 23. They brought them to Joshua and all the Israelites and placed them before the Lord.
- 24. Joshua, together with all Israel, took Achan, the silver, the cloak, the gold bar, his sons and daughters, his oxen, donkeys and sheep, his tent and everything that belonged to him. They took us to the valley of Achor.
- 25. Then Joshua said, “Why have you brought so much trouble upon us? The Lord will bring misfortune upon you today!” And all Israel stoned Achan, his sons and daughters, his animals and everything that belonged to him. They burned us in the fire.
- 26. They built a large pile of stones over Achan, which remains to this day. Then the Lord turned away his wrath from Israel. Therefore, that place was called the valley of Achor, which means “valley of misfortune”, and it is still called that today.
