1But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the devoted things; for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of the devoted things. Therefore the Lord's anger burned against the children of Israel.

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Joshua 22:20, Joshua 22:20, 1 Chronicles 2:6, 1 Chronicles 2:7, Ecclesiastes 9:18

2Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth Aven, on the east side of Bethel, and spoke to them, saying, "Go up and spy out the land." The men went up and spied out Ai.

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Joshua 18:12, Joshua 18:12, Hosea 4:15, 1 Samuel 13:5, 1 Samuel 14:23

3They returned to Joshua, and said to him, "Do not let all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and strike Ai. Do not make all the people to toil there, for there are only a few of them."

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Hebrews 6:11, Hebrews 6:12, Hebrews 6:11, Hebrews 6:12, Luke 13:24

4So about three thousand men of the people went up there, and they fled before the men of Ai.

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Deuteronomy 28:25, Deuteronomy 28:25, Leviticus 26:17, Leviticus 26:17, Deuteronomy 32:30

5The men of Ai struck about thirty-six men of them, and they chased them from before the gate even to Shebarim, and struck them at the descent. The hearts of the people melted, and became like water.

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Joshua 2:11, Joshua 2:9, Joshua 2:11, Joshua 2:9, Leviticus 26:36

6Joshua tore his clothes, and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of the Lord until the evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust on their heads.

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Genesis 37:29, Genesis 37:29, Genesis 37:34, Genesis 37:34, 2 Samuel 13:31

7Joshua said, "Alas, Lord God, why have you brought this people over the Jordan at all, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to cause us to perish? I wish that we had been content and lived beyond the Jordan!

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2 Kings 3:10, Hebrews 12:5, 2 Kings 3:10, Hebrews 12:5, Joshua 1:2

8Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after that Israel has turned their backs before their enemies!

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Romans 3:5, Romans 3:6, Romans 3:5, Romans 3:6, Ezra 9:10

9For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it, and will surround us, and cut off our name from the earth. What will you do for your great name?"

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Exodus 32:12, Exodus 32:12, Ezekiel 36:22, Ezekiel 36:23, Psalms 83:4

10The Lord said to Joshua, "Get up! Why are you fallen on your face like that?

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Exodus 14:15, 1 Samuel 16:1, 1 Samuel 15:22, Exodus 14:15, 1 Samuel 16:1

11Israel has sinned. Yes, they have even transgressed my covenant which I commanded them. Yes, they have even taken of the devoted things, and have also stolen, and also deceived. They have even put it among their own stuff.

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Acts 5:1, Acts 5:2, Acts 5:1, Acts 5:2, Joshua 6:17

12Therefore the children of Israel can't stand before their enemies. They turn their backs before their enemies, because they have become devoted for destruction. I will not be with you any more, unless you destroy the devoted things from among you.

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Psalms 5:4, Psalms 5:5, Psalms 5:4, Psalms 5:5, Isaiah 59:2

13Get up! Sanctify the people, and say, 'Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow, for the Lord, the God of Israel, says, "There is a devoted thing in the midst of you, Israel. You cannot stand before your enemies until you take away the devoted thing from among you."

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Lamentations 3:40, Lamentations 3:41, Lamentations 3:40, Lamentations 3:41, Joshua 3:5

14In the morning therefore you shall be brought near by your tribes. It shall be that the tribe which the Lord selects shall come near by families. The family which the Lord selects shall come near by households. The household which the Lord selects shall come near man by man.

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Proverbs 16:33, Proverbs 16:33, Joshua 7:17, Joshua 7:18, Jonah 1:7

15It shall be, that he who is taken with the devoted thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he has, because he has transgressed the covenant of the Lord, and because he has done a disgraceful thing in Israel.'"

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Genesis 34:7, Genesis 34:7, Judges 20:6, 1 Samuel 14:38, 1 Samuel 14:39

16So Joshua rose up early in the morning and brought Israel near by their tribes. The tribe of Judah was selected.

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Ecclesiastes 9:10, Joshua 3:1, Psalms 119:60, Genesis 22:3, Ecclesiastes 9:10

17He brought near the family of Judah; and he selected the family of the Zerahites. He brought near the family of the Zerahites man by man, and Zabdi was selected.

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Numbers 26:20, Numbers 26:20, 1 Chronicles 2:4, 1 Chronicles 2:7, Genesis 38:30

18He brought near his household man by man, and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was selected.

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Numbers 32:23, Numbers 32:23, Acts 5:1, Acts 5:10, Acts 5:1

19Joshua said to Achan, "My son, please give glory to the Lord, the God of Israel, and make confession to him. Tell me now what you have done! Do not hide it from me!"

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1 Samuel 6:5, 1 Samuel 6:5, Jeremiah 13:16, Jeremiah 13:16, John 9:24

20Achan answered Joshua, and said, "I have truly sinned against the Lord, the God of Israel, and this is what I have done.

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Psalms 38:18, Psalms 38:18, 1 Samuel 15:30, Matthew 27:4, Exodus 10:16

21When I saw among the spoil a beautiful Babylonian robe, two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold weighing fifty shekels, then I coveted them and took them. Behold, they are hidden in the ground in the middle of my tent, with the silver under it."

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James 1:15, James 1:15, Psalms 119:37, 1 John 2:15, 1 John 2:16

22So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent. Behold, it was hidden in his tent, with the silver under it.

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23They took them from the middle of the tent, and brought them to Joshua and to all the children of Israel. They laid them down before the Lord.

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24Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, the silver, the robe, the wedge of gold, his sons, his daughters, his cattle, his donkeys, his sheep, his tent, and all that he had; and they brought them up to the valley of Achor.

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Proverbs 15:27, Proverbs 15:27, 1 Timothy 6:9, 1 Timothy 6:10, 1 Timothy 6:9

25Joshua said, "Why have you troubled us? The Lord will trouble you this day." All Israel stoned him with stones, and they burned them with fire and stoned them with stones.

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Joshua 6:18, Joshua 6:18, 1 Chronicles 2:7, 1 Chronicles 2:7, Deuteronomy 17:5

26They raised over him a great heap of stones that remains to this day. The Lord turned from the fierceness of his anger. Therefore the name of that place was called "The valley of Achor" to this day.

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Hosea 2:15, Isaiah 65:10, Hosea 2:15, Isaiah 65:10, Deuteronomy 13:17