But the children <H1121> of Israel <H3478> committed <H4603> a trespass <H4604> in the accursed thing: <H2764> for Achan, <H5912> the son <H1121> of Carmi, <H3756> the son <H1121> of Zabdi, <H2067> the son <H1121> of Zerah, <H2226> of the tribe <H4294> of Judah, <H3063> took <H3947> of the accursed thing: <H2764> and the anger <H0639> of the LORD <H3068> was kindled <H2734> against the children <H1121> of Israel. <H3478>
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And Joshua <H3091> sent <H7971> men <H0582> from Jericho <H3405> to Ai, <H5857> which [is] beside <H5973> Bethaven, <H1007> on the east side <H6924> of Bethel, <H1008> and spake <H0559> unto them, saying, <H0559> Go up <H5927> and view <H7270> the country. <H0776> And the men <H0582> went up <H5927> and viewed <H7270> Ai. <H5857>
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And they returned <H7725> to Joshua, <H3091> and said <H0559> unto him, Let not all the people <H5971> go up; <H5927> but let about two or three <H7969> thousand <H0505> <H0505> men <H0376> <H0376> go up <H5927> and smite <H5221> Ai; <H5857> [and] make not all the people <H5971> to labour <H3021> thither; for they [are but] few. <H4592>
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So there went up <H5927> thither of the people <H5971> about three <H7969> thousand <H0505> men: <H0376> and they fled <H5127> before <H6440> the men <H0582> of Ai. <H5857>
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And the men <H0582> of Ai <H5857> smote <H5221> of them about thirty <H7970> and six <H8337> men: <H0376> for they chased <H7291> them [from] before <H6440> the gate <H8179> [even] unto Shebarim, <H7671> and smote <H5221> them in the going down: <H4174> wherefore the hearts <H3824> of the people <H5971> melted, <H4549> and became as water. <H4325>
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And Joshua <H3091> rent <H7167> his clothes, <H8071> and fell <H5307> to the earth <H0776> upon his face <H6440> before <H6440> the ark <H0727> of the LORD <H3068> until the eventide, <H6153> he and the elders <H2205> of Israel, <H3478> and put <H5927> dust <H6083> upon their heads. <H7218>
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And Joshua <H3091> said, <H0559> Alas, O <H0162> Lord <H0136> GOD, <H3069> wherefore hast thou at all <H5674> brought this people <H5971> over <H5674> Jordan, <H3383> to deliver <H5414> us into the hand <H3027> of the Amorites, <H0567> to destroy <H0006> us? would to God <H3863> we had been content, <H2974> and dwelt <H3427> on the other side <H5676> Jordan! <H3383>
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O <H0994> Lord, <H0136> what shall I say, <H0559> when <H0310> Israel <H3478> turneth <H2015> their backs <H6203> before <H6440> their enemies! <H0341>
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For the Canaanites <H3669> and all the inhabitants <H3427> of the land <H0776> shall hear <H8085> [of it], and shall environ us round, <H5437> and cut off <H3772> our name <H8034> from the earth: <H0776> and what wilt thou do <H6213> unto thy great <H1419> name? <H8034>
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And the LORD <H3068> said <H0559> unto Joshua, <H3091> Get thee up; <H6965> wherefore liest <H5307> thou thus upon thy face? <H6440>
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Israel <H3478> hath sinned, <H2398> and they have also transgressed <H5674> my covenant <H1285> which I commanded <H6680> them: for they have even taken <H3947> of the accursed thing, <H2764> and have also stolen, <H1589> and dissembled <H3584> also, and they have put <H7760> [it] even among their own stuff. <H3627>
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Therefore the children <H1121> of Israel <H3478> could <H3201> not stand <H6965> before <H6440> their enemies, <H0341> [but] turned <H6437> [their] backs <H6203> before <H6440> their enemies, <H0341> because they were accursed: <H2764> neither will I be with you any more, <H3254> except <H3808> ye destroy <H8045> the accursed <H2764> from among <H7130> you.
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Up, <H6965> sanctify <H6942> the people, <H5971> and say, <H0559> Sanctify <H6942> yourselves against to morrow: <H4279> for thus saith <H0559> the LORD <H3068> God <H0430> of Israel, <H3478> [There is] an accursed thing <H2764> in the midst <H7130> of thee, O Israel: <H3478> thou canst <H3201> not stand <H6965> before <H6440> thine enemies, <H0341> until ye take away <H5493> the accursed thing <H2764> from among <H7130> you.
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In the morning <H1242> therefore ye shall be brought <H7126> according to your tribes: <H7626> and it shall be, [that] the tribe <H7626> which the LORD <H3068> taketh <H3920> shall come <H7126> according to the families <H4940> [thereof]; and the family <H4940> which the LORD <H3068> shall take <H3920> shall come <H7126> by households; <H1004> and the household <H1004> which the LORD <H3068> shall take <H3920> shall come <H7126> man <H1397> by man. <H1397>
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And it shall be, [that] he that is taken <H3920> with the accursed thing <H2764> shall be burnt <H8313> with fire, <H0784> he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed <H5674> the covenant <H1285> of the LORD, <H3068> and because he hath wrought <H6213> folly <H5039> in Israel. <H3478>
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So Joshua <H3091> rose up early <H7925> in the morning, <H1242> and brought <H7126> Israel <H3478> by their tribes; <H7626> and the tribe <H7626> of Judah <H3063> was taken: <H3920>
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And he brought <H7126> the family <H4940> of Judah; <H3063> and he took <H3920> the family <H4940> of the Zarhites: <H2227> and he brought <H7126> the family <H4940> of the Zarhites <H2227> man <H1397> by man; <H1397> and Zabdi <H2067> was taken: <H3920>
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And he brought <H7126> his household <H1004> man <H1397> by man; <H1397> and Achan, <H5912> the son <H1121> of Carmi, <H3756> the son <H1121> of Zabdi, <H2067> the son <H1121> of Zerah, <H2226> of the tribe <H4294> of Judah, <H3063> was taken. <H3920>
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And Joshua <H3091> said <H0559> unto Achan, <H5912> My son, <H1121> give, <H7760> I pray thee, glory <H3519> to the LORD <H3068> God <H0430> of Israel, <H3478> and make <H5414> confession <H8426> unto him; and tell <H5046> me now what thou hast done; <H6213> hide <H3582> [it] not from me.
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And Achan <H5912> answered <H6030> Joshua, <H3091> and said, <H0559> Indeed <H0546> I have sinned <H2398> against the LORD <H3068> God <H0430> of Israel, <H3478> and thus and thus have I done: <H6213>
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When I saw <H7200> among the spoils <H7998> a <H0259> goodly <H2896> Babylonish <H8152> garment, <H0155> and two hundred <H3967> shekels <H8255> of silver, <H3701> and a <H0259> wedge <H3956> of gold <H2091> of fifty <H2572> shekels <H8255> weight, <H4948> then I coveted <H2530> them, and took <H3947> them; and, behold, they [are] hid <H2934> in the earth <H0776> in the midst <H8432> of my tent, <H0168> and the silver <H3701> under it.
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So Joshua <H3091> sent <H7971> messengers, <H4397> and they ran <H7323> unto the tent; <H0168> and, behold, [it was] hid <H2934> in his tent, <H0168> and the silver <H3701> under it.
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And they took <H3947> them out of the midst <H8432> of the tent, <H0168> and brought <H0935> them unto Joshua, <H3091> and unto all the children <H1121> of Israel, <H3478> and laid them out <H3332> before <H6440> the LORD. <H3068>
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And Joshua, <H3091> and all Israel <H3478> with him, took <H3947> Achan <H5912> the son <H1121> of Zerah, <H2226> and the silver, <H3701> and the garment, <H0155> and the wedge <H3956> of gold, <H2091> and his sons, <H1121> and his daughters, <H1323> and his oxen, <H7794> and his asses, <H2543> and his sheep, <H6629> and his tent, <H0168> and all that he had: and they brought <H5927> them unto the valley <H6010> of Achor. <H5911>
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And Joshua <H3091> said, <H0559> Why <H4100> hast thou troubled <H5916> us? the LORD <H3068> shall trouble <H5916> thee this day. <H3117> And all Israel <H3478> stoned <H7275> him with stones, <H0068> and burned <H8313> them with fire, <H0784> after they had stoned <H5619> them with stones. <H0068>
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And they raised <H6965> over him a great <H1419> heap <H1530> of stones <H0068> unto this day. <H3117> So the LORD <H3068> turned <H7725> from the fierceness <H2740> of his anger. <H0639> Wherefore the name <H8034> of that place <H4725> was called, <H7121> The valley <H6010> of Achor, <H5911> unto this day. <H3117>