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Achan, son of Carmi, grandson of Zabdi, great-grandson of Zerah, and a member of the tribe of Judah, took something that had been claimed by the LORD. So the LORD became angry with the people of Israel.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/7-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai. Ai is near Beth Aven, east of Bethel. He said to them, "Go, look at that country." So the men went and looked at Ai. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/7-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>They came back to Joshua and told him, "You don't need to send all the troops. Only about two or three thousand men are needed to destroy Ai. Don't tire the troops out by sending all of them. There are only a few troops in Ai." <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/7-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>So about three thousand men were sent. However, they fled from the men of Ai. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/7-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>The men of Ai killed about thirty-six of them, chasing them from the city gate to the slope of the stone quarries. Israel's troops lost heart and were scared stiff.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/7-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Joshua and the leaders of Israel tore their clothes in grief. They put dust on their heads and bowed down to the ground in front of the LORD's ark. They stayed there until evening. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/7-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Joshua said, "Almighty LORD, why did you bring these people across the Jordan River? Was it to hand us over to the Amorites so that they could destroy us? I wish we had been content to live on the other side of the Jordan! <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/7-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Lord, what else can I say after Israel ran away from its enemy? <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/7-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>When the Canaanites and everyone who lives in the land hears about it, they will surround us and remove every memory of us from the earth. What will you do then so that your great name [will be remembered]?"</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/7-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The LORD said to Joshua, "Get up! What are you doing bowing on the ground? <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/7-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Israel has sinned. They have ignored the requirements that I have placed on them. They have taken what I claimed for myself and put it among their own goods. They have not only stolen, but they have also lied. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/7-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>"The people of Israel will not be able to defend themselves against their enemies. They will run away from their enemies because the people of Israel are now claimed for destruction. I will not be with you anymore unless you destroy what I have claimed for myself. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/7-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>"Get up! Tell the people, 'Get ready for tomorrow by performing the ceremonies to make yourselves holy. This is what the LORD God of Israel says: You have what I claimed for myself, Israel. You will not be able to defend yourselves against your enemies until you get rid of what I have claimed. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/7-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>In the morning come forward by tribes [to the tent of meeting]. The tribe the LORD selects will come forward by families. Then the family the LORD selects will come forward by households, and the household the LORD selects will come forward man by man. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/7-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The man who is selected, along with everything he has, must be burned because he has [stolen] what the LORD has claimed. He has ignored the LORD's requirements and done a godless thing in Israel.'"</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/7-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Joshua got up early in the morning. He had Israel come forward by tribes. The tribe of Judah was selected. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/7-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Then he had the families of Judah come forward, and the family of Zerah was selected. Then he had the family of Zerah come forward man by man, and Zabdi was selected. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/7-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Then he had Zabdi's household come forward man by man, and Achan was selected. Achan from the tribe of Judah was the son of Carmi, grandson of Zabdi, and great-grandson of Zerah. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/7-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Joshua said to Achan, "Son, give honor and praise to the LORD God of Israel! Tell me what you have done. Don't hide anything from me." <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/7-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Then Achan answered Joshua, "It's true. I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel. This is what I did: <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/7-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>I saw a fine robe from Babylonia, five pounds of silver, and a bar of gold weighing about one pound among the loot. I wanted them, so I took them. You will find them buried inside my tent with the silver beneath them."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/7-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent. The loot was buried inside with the silver beneath it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/7-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>They took the loot from the tent and brought it to Joshua and all the people of Israel. Then they laid it out in the presence of the LORD. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/7-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Joshua and all Israel took Achan (son of Zerah), the silver, the robe, the bar of gold, his sons and daughters, his cattle, his donkeys, his sheep, and his tent-everything he had-and brought them to the valley of Achor [Disaster]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/7-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Then Joshua said, "Why did you bring this disaster on us? The LORD will bring disaster on you today!" And all Israel stoned Achan and his family to death. Then they burned the bodies and piled stones over them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/7-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>They made such a large pile of stones over Achan that it is still there today. Then the LORD withdrew his burning anger. For this reason that place is still called the valley of Achor today.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">GOD'S WORD® is a copyrighted work of <a href="//www.godsword.org" target="_top">God's Word to the Nations</a>. Quotations are used by permission. Copyright 1995 by God's Word to the Nations. 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