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1. The Israelites, however, were unfaithful regarding the things set apart for destruction. Achan son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of what was set apart, and the LORD's anger burned against the Israelites.
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1. 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 H4480 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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2. Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven, east of Bethel, and told them, "Go up and scout the land." So the men went up and scouted Ai.
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2. And Joshua H3091 sent H7971 men H376 from Jericho H4480 H3405 to Ai H5857 , which H834 is beside H5973 Beth H1007 -aven , on the east side H4480 H6924 of Bethel H1008 , and spoke H559 unto H413 them, saying H559 , Go up H5927 and view H7270 H853 the country H776 . And the men H376 went up H5927 and viewed H7270 H853 Ai H5857 .
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3. After returning to Joshua they reported to him, "Don't send all the people, but send about 2,000 or 3,000 men to attack Ai. Since the people of Ai are so few, don't wear out all our people there."
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3. And they returned H7725 to H413 Joshua H3091 , and said H559 unto H413 him , Let not H408 all H3605 the people H5971 go up H5927 ; but let about two H505 or H176 three H7969 thousand H505 men H376 go up H5927 and smite H5221 H853 Ai H5857 ; and make not H408 H853 all H3605 the people H5971 to labor H3021 thither H8033 ; for H3588 they H1992 are but few H4592 .
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4. So about 3,000 men went up there, but they fled from the men of Ai.
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4. So there went up H5927 thither H8033 of H4480 the people H5971 about three H7969 thousand H505 men H376 : and they fled H5127 before H6440 the men H376 of Ai H5857 .
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5. The men of Ai struck down about 36 of them and chased them from outside the gate to the quarries, striking them down on the descent. As a result, the people's hearts melted and became like water.
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5. And the men H376 of Ai H5857 smote H5221 of H4480 them about thirty H7970 and six H8337 men H376 : for they chased H7291 them from before H6440 the gate H8179 even unto H5704 Shebarim H7671 , and smote H5221 them in the going down H4174 : wherefore the hearts H3824 of the people H5971 melted H4549 , and became H1961 as water H4325 .
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6. Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell before the ark of the LORD with his face to the ground until evening, as did the elders of Israel; they all put dust on their heads.
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6. And Joshua H3091 rent H7167 his clothes H8071 , and fell H5307 to the earth H776 upon H5921 his face H6440 before H6440 the ark H727 of the LORD H3068 until H5704 the eventide H6153 , he H1931 and the elders H2205 of Israel H3478 , and put H5927 dust H6083 upon H5921 their heads H7218 .
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7. "Oh, Lord God," Joshua said, "why did You ever bring these people across the Jordan to hand us over to the Amorites for our destruction? If only we had been content to remain on the other side of the Jordan!
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7. And Joshua H3091 said H559 , Alas H162 , O Lord H136 GOD H3069 , wherefore H4100 hast thou at all brought H5674 H5674 H853 this H2088 people H5971 over H5674 H853 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 !
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8. What can I say, Lord, now that Israel has turned its back and run from its enemies?
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8. O H994 Lord H136 , what H4100 shall I say H559 , when H310 H834 Israel H3478 turneth H2015 their backs H6203 before H6440 their enemies H341 !
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9. When the Canaanites and all who live in the land hear about this, they will surround us and wipe out our name from the earth. Then what will You do about Your great name?"
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9. For the Canaanites H3669 and all H3605 the inhabitants H3427 of the land H776 shall hear H8085 of it , and shall environ us round H5437 H5921 , and cut off H3772 H853 our name H8034 from H4480 the earth H776 : and what H4100 wilt thou do H6213 unto thy great H1419 name H8034 ?
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10. The LORD then said to Joshua, "Stand up! Why are you on the ground?
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10. And the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 Joshua H3091 , Get thee up H6965 ; wherefore H4100 liest H5307 thou H859 thus H2088 upon H5921 thy face H6440 ?
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11. Israel has sinned. They have violated My covenant that I appointed for them. They have taken some of what was set apart. They have stolen, deceived, and put the things with their own belongings.
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11. Israel H3478 hath sinned H2398 , and they have also H1571 transgressed H5674 H853 my covenant H1285 which H834 I commanded H6680 them : for they have even H1571 taken H3947 of H4480 the accursed thing H2764 , and have also H1571 stolen H1589 , and dissembled H3584 also H1571 , and they have put H7760 it even H1571 among their own stuff H3627 .
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12. This is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies. They will turn their backs and run from their enemies, because they have been set apart for destruction. I will no longer be with you unless you remove from you what is set apart.
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12. Therefore the children H1121 of Israel H3478 could H3201 not H3808 stand H6965 before H6440 their enemies H341 , but turned H6437 their backs H6203 before H6440 their enemies H341 , because H3588 they were H1961 accursed H2764 : neither H3808 will I be H1961 with H5973 you any more H3254 , except H518 H3808 ye destroy H8045 the accursed H2764 from among H4480 H7130 you.
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13. "Go and consecrate the people. Tell them to consecrate themselves tomorrow, for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says, 'There are among you, Israel, things set apart. You will not be able to stand against your enemies until you remove what is set apart.
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13. Up H6965 , sanctify H6942 H853 the people H5971 , and say H559 , Sanctify yourselves H6942 against tomorrow H4279 : for H3588 thus H3541 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 H3808 stand H6965 before H6440 thine enemies H341 , until H5704 ye take away H5493 the accursed thing H2764 from among H4480 H7130 you.
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14. In the morning you must present yourselves tribe by tribe. The tribe the LORD selects is to come forward clan by clan. The clan the LORD selects is to come forward family by family. The family the LORD selects is to come forward man by man.
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14. In the morning H1242 therefore ye shall be brought H7126 according to your tribes H7626 : and it shall be H1961 , that the tribe H7626 which H834 the LORD H3068 taketh H3920 shall come H7126 according to the families H4940 thereof ; and the family H4940 which H834 the LORD H3068 shall take H3920 shall come H7126 by households H1004 ; and the household H1004 which H834 the LORD H3068 shall take H3920 shall come H7126 man by man H1397 .
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15. The one who is caught with the things set apart must be burned, along with everything he has, because he has violated the LORD's covenant and committed an outrage in Israel.'"
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15. And it shall be H1961 , that he that is taken H3920 with the accursed thing H2764 shall be burnt H8313 with fire H784 , he and all H3605 that H834 he hath: because H3588 he hath transgressed H5674 H853 the covenant H1285 of the LORD H3068 , and because H3588 he hath wrought H6213 folly H5039 in Israel H3478 .
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16. Joshua got up early the next morning. He had Israel come forward tribe by tribe, and the tribe of Judah was selected.
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16. So Joshua H3091 rose up early H7925 in the morning H1242 , and brought H7126 H853 Israel H3478 by their tribes H7626 ; and the tribe H7626 of Judah H3063 was taken H3920 :
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17. He had the clans of Judah come forward, and the Zerahite clan was selected. He had the Zerahite clan come forward by heads of families, and Zabdi was selected.
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17. And he brought H7126 H853 the family H4940 of Judah H3063 ; and he took H3920 H853 the family H4940 of the Zarhites H2227 : and he brought H7126 H853 the family H4940 of the Zarhites H2227 man by man H1397 ; and Zabdi H2067 was taken H3920 :
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18. He then had Zabdi's family come forward man by man, and Achan son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was selected.
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18. And he brought H7126 H853 his household H1004 man 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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19. So Joshua said to Achan, "My son, give glory to the LORD, the God of Israel, and make a confession to Him. I urge you, tell me what you have done. Don't hide anything from me."
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19. And Joshua H3091 said H559 unto H413 Achan H5912 , My son H1121 , give H7760 , I pray thee H4994 , glory H3519 to the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 , and make H5414 confession H8426 unto him ; and tell H5046 me now H4994 what H4100 thou hast done H6213 ; hide H3582 it not H408 from H4480 me.
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20. Achan replied to Joshua, "It is true. I have sinned against the LORD, the God of Israel. This is what I did:
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20. And Achan H5912 answered H6030 H853 Joshua H3091 , and said H559 , Indeed H546 I H595 have sinned H2398 against the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 , and thus H2063 and thus H2063 have I done H6213 :
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21. When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Babylon, 200 silver shekels, and a bar of gold weighing 50 shekels, I coveted them and took them. You can see for yourself. They are concealed in the ground inside my tent, with the money under the cloak."
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21. 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 H2009 , they are hid H2934 in the earth H776 in the midst H8432 of my tent H168 , and the silver H3701 under H8478 it.
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22. So Joshua sent messengers who ran to the tent, and there was the cloak, concealed in his tent, with the money underneath.
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22. So Joshua H3091 sent H7971 messengers H4397 , and they ran H7323 unto the tent H168 ; and, behold H2009 , it was hid H2934 in his tent H168 , and the silver H3701 under H8478 it.
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23. They took the things from inside the tent, brought them to Joshua and all the Israelites, and spread them out in the LORD's presence.
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23. And they took H3947 them out of the midst H4480 H8432 of the tent H168 , and brought H935 them unto H413 Joshua H3091 , and unto H413 all H3605 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 , and laid them out H3332 before H6440 the LORD H3068 .
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24. Then Joshua and all Israel with him took Achan son of Zerah, the silver, the cloak, and the bar of gold, his sons and daughters, his ox, donkey, and sheep, his tent, and all that he had, and brought them up to the Valley of Achor.
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24. And Joshua H3091 , and all H3605 Israel H3478 with H5973 him, took H3947 H853 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 H3605 that H834 he had : and they brought H5927 them unto the valley H6010 of Achor H5911 .
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25. Joshua said, "Why have you troubled us? Today the LORD will trouble you!" So all Israel stoned him to death. They burned their bodies, threw stones on them,
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25. And Joshua H3091 said H559 , Why H4100 hast thou troubled H5916 us? the LORD H3068 shall trouble H5916 thee this H2088 day H3117 . And all H3605 Israel H3478 stoned H5619 him with stones H68 , and burned H8313 them with fire H784 , after they had stoned H7275 them with stones H68 .
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26. and raised over him a large pile of rocks that remains to this day. Then the LORD turned from His burning anger. Therefore that place has been called the Valley of Achor to this day.
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26. And they raised H6965 over H5921 him a great H1419 heap H1530 of stones H68 unto H5704 this H2088 day H3117 . So the LORD H3068 turned H7725 from the fierceness H4480 H2740 of his anger H639 . Wherefore H5921 H3651 the name H8034 of that H1931 place H4725 was called H7121 , The valley H6010 of Achor H5911 , unto H5704 this H2088 day H3117 .
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