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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[H639] of the LORD[H3068] was kindled[H2734] against the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478].
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And Joshua[H3091]sent[H7971]men[H582] from Jericho[H3405] to Ai[H5857], which is beside[H5973]Bethaven[H1007], on the east side[H6924] of Bethel[H1008], and spake[H559] unto them, saying[H559], Go up[H5927] and view[H7270] the country[H776]. And the men[H582] went up[H5927] and viewed[H7270]Ai[H5857].
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And they returned[H7725] to Joshua[H3091], and said[H559] unto him, Let not all the people[H5971] go up[H5927]; but let about two or three[H7969]thousand[H505]men[H376] 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[H505]men[H376]: and they fled[H5127]before[H6440] the men[H582] of Ai[H5857].
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And the men[H582] of Ai[H5857]smote[H5221] of them about thirty[H7970] and six[H8337]men[H376]: 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[H776] upon his face[H6440]before[H6440] the ark[H727] 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[H559], Alas, O[H162]Lord[H136]GOD[H3069], wherefore hast thou at all[H5674]brought[H5674] this people[H5971]over[H5674]Jordan[H3383], to deliver[H5414] us into the hand[H3027] of the Amorites[H567], to destroy[H6] us? would to God[H3863] we had been content[H2974], and dwelt[H3427] on the other side[H5676]Jordan[H3383]!
8O[H994]Lord[H136], what shall I say[H559], when[H310]Israel[H3478]turneth[H2015] their backs[H6203]before[H6440] their enemies[H341]!
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For the Canaanites[H3669] and all the inhabitants[H3427] of the land[H776] shall hear[H8085] of it, and shall environ us round[H5437], and cut off[H3772] our name[H8034] from the earth[H776]: and what wilt thou do[H6213] unto thy great[H1419]name?[H8034]
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And the LORD[H3068]said[H559] unto Joshua[H3091], Get thee up[H6965]; wherefore liest[H5307] thou thus upon thy face?[H6440]
11Israel[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[H341], but turned[H6437] their backs[H6203]before[H6440] their enemies[H341], 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.
13Up[H6965], sanctify[H6942] the people[H5971], and say[H559], Sanctify[H6942] yourselves against to morrow[H4279]: for thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068]God[H430] 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[H341], 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[H784], 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[H559] unto Achan[H5912], My son[H1121], give[H7760], I pray thee, glory[H3519] to the LORD[H3068]God[H430] 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[H559], Indeed[H546] I have sinned[H2398] against the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of Israel[H3478], and thus and thus have I done[H6213]:
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When I saw[H7200] among the spoils[H7998]a[H259]goodly[H2896]Babylonish[H8152]garment[H155], and two hundred[H3967]shekels[H8255] of silver[H3701], and a[H259]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[H776] in the midst[H8432] of my tent[H168], and the silver[H3701] under it.
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So Joshua[H3091]sent[H7971]messengers[H4397], and they ran[H7323] unto the tent[H168]; and, behold, it was hid[H2934] in his tent[H168], and the silver[H3701] under it.
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And they took[H3947] them out[H3332] of the midst[H8432] of the tent[H168], and brought[H935] 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[H155], 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[H168], 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[H559], 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[H68], and burned[H8313] them with fire[H784], after they had stoned[H5619] them with stones[H68].
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And they raised[H6965] over him a great[H1419]heap[H1530] of stones[H68] unto this day[H3117]. So the LORD[H3068]turned[H7725] from the fierceness[H2740] of his anger[H639]. Wherefore the name[H8034] of that place[H4725] was called[H7121], The valley[H6010] of Achor[H5911], unto this day[H3117].