Joshua 7:11-26

Joshua 7:11-26

[11] Israel  hath sinned,  and they have also transgressed  my covenant  which I commanded  them: for they have even taken  of the accursed thing,  and have also stolen,  and dissembled  also, and they have put  it even among their own stuff.  [12] Therefore the children  of Israel  could  not stand  before  their enemies,  but turned  their backs  before  their enemies,  because they were accursed:  neither will I be with you any more,  except  ye destroy  the accursed  from among  [13] Up,  sanctify  the people,  and say,  Sanctify  yourselves against to morrow:  for thus saith  the LORD  God  of Israel,  There is an accursed thing  in the midst  of thee, O Israel:  thou canst  not stand  before  thine enemies,  until ye take away  the accursed thing  from among  [14] In the morning  therefore ye shall be brought  according to your tribes:  which the LORD  taketh  shall come  according to the families  which the LORD  shall take  shall come  by households;  which the LORD  shall take  shall come  man  [15] And it shall be, that he that is taken  with the accursed thing  shall be burnt  with fire,  he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed  the covenant  of the LORD,  and because he hath wrought  folly  in Israel.  [16] So Joshua  rose up early  in the morning,  and brought  Israel  by their tribes;  of Judah  was taken:  [17] And he brought  the family  of Judah;  and he took  the family  of the Zarhites:  and he brought  the family  of the Zarhites  man  and Zabdi  was taken:  [18] And he brought  his household  man  and Achan,  the son  of Carmi,  the son  of Zabdi,  the son  of Zerah,  of the tribe  of Judah,  was taken.  [19] And Joshua  said  unto Achan,  My son,  give,  I pray thee, glory  to the LORD  God  of Israel,  and make  confession  unto him; and tell  me now what thou hast done;  hide  it not from me. [20] And Achan  answered  Joshua,  and said,  Indeed  I have sinned  against the LORD  God  of Israel,  and thus and thus have I done:  [21] When I saw  among the spoils  goodly  Babylonish  garment,  and two hundred  shekels  of silver,  and a  wedge  of gold  of fifty  shekels  weight,  then I coveted  them, and took  them; and, behold, they are hid  in the earth  in the midst  of my tent,  and the silver  [22] So Joshua  sent  messengers,  and they ran  unto the tent;  and, behold, it was hid  in his tent,  and the silver  [23] And they took  them out of the midst  of the tent,  and brought  them unto Joshua,  and unto all the children  of Israel,  and laid them out  before  the LORD.  [24] And Joshua,  and all Israel  with him, took  Achan  the son  of Zerah,  and the silver,  and the garment,  and the wedge  of gold,  and his sons,  and his daughters,  and his oxen,  and his asses,  and his sheep,  and his tent,  and all that he had: and they brought  them unto the valley  of Achor.  [25] And Joshua  said,  Why  hast thou troubled  us? the LORD  shall trouble  thee this day.  And all Israel  stoned  him with stones,  and burned  them with fire,  after they had stoned  them with stones.  [26] And they raised  over him a great  heap  of stones  unto this day.  So the LORD  turned  from the fierceness  of his anger.  Wherefore the name  of that place  was called,  The valley  of Achor,  unto this day.