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They have taken some of the devoted things; they have stolen, they have lied, they have put them with their own possessions. <a href="/nlt/joshua/7.htm">New Living Translation</a> Israel has sinned and broken my covenant! They have stolen some of the things that I commanded must be set apart for me. And they have not only stolen them but have lied about it and hidden the things among their own belongings. <a href="/esv/joshua/7.htm">English Standard Version</a> Israel has sinned; they have transgressed my covenant that I commanded them; they have taken some of the devoted things; they have stolen and lied and put them among their own belongings. <a href="/bsb/joshua/7.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Israel has sinned; they have transgressed My covenant that I commanded them, and they have taken some of what was devoted to destruction. Indeed, they have stolen and lied, and they have put these things with their own possessions. <a href="/kjv/joshua/7.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/joshua/7.htm">New King James Version</a> Israel has sinned, and they have also transgressed My covenant which I commanded them. For they have even taken some of the accursed things, and have both stolen and deceived; and they have also put it among their own stuff. <a href="/nasb_/joshua/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Israel has sinned, and they have also violated My covenant which I commanded them. And they have even taken some of the things designated for destruction, and have both stolen and kept it a secret. Furthermore, they have also put them among their own things. <a href="/nasb/joshua/7.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Israel has sinned, and they have also transgressed My covenant which I commanded them. And they have even taken some of the things under the ban and have both stolen and deceived. Moreover, they have also put them among their own things. <a href="/nasb77/joshua/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Israel has sinned, and they have also transgressed My covenant which I commanded them. And they have even taken some of the things under the ban and have both stolen and deceived. Moreover, they have also put them among their own things. <a href="/lsb/joshua/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Israel has sinned, and they have also trespassed against My covenant which I commanded them. And they have even taken some of the things devoted to destruction and have both stolen and dealt falsely. Moreover, they have also put them among their own things. <a href="/amp/joshua/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Israel has sinned; they have also transgressed My covenant which I commanded them [to keep]. They have even taken some of the things under the ban, and they have both stolen and denied [the theft]. Moreover, they have also put the stolen objects among their own things. <a href="/csb/joshua/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> 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 those things with their own belongings. <a href="/hcsb/joshua/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/asv/joshua/7.htm">American Standard Version</a> Israel hath sinned; yea, they have even transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: yea, they have even taken of the devoted thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also; and they have even put it among their own stuff. <a href="/cev/joshua/7.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> I said everything in Jericho belonged to me and had to be destroyed. But the Israelites have kept some of the things for themselves. They stole from me and hid what they took. Then they lied about it. <a href="/erv/joshua/7.htm">English Revised Version</a> Israel hath sinned; yea, they have even transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: yea, they have even taken of the devoted thing; and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have even put it among their own stuff. <a href="/gwt/joshua/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> 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. <a href="/gnt/joshua/7.htm">Good News Translation</a> Israel has sinned! They have broken the agreement with me that I ordered them to keep. They have taken some of the things condemned to destruction. They stole them, lied about it, and put them with their own things. <a href="/isv/joshua/7.htm">International Standard Version</a> Israel has sinned. They broke my covenant that I commanded them by taking some of the things that had been turned over to destruction. They have stolen, have been deceitful, and have stored what they stole among their own belongings. <a href="/msb/joshua/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Israel has sinned; they have transgressed My covenant that I commanded them, and they have taken some of what was devoted to destruction. Indeed, they have stolen and lied, and they have put these things with their own possessions. <a href="/net/joshua/7.htm">NET Bible</a> Israel has sinned; they have violated my covenantal commandment! They have taken some of the riches; they have stolen them and deceitfully put them among their own possessions. <a href="/nheb/joshua/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Israel has sinned, and they have even transgressed my covenant which I commanded them. And they have even taken of the devoted things, and have also stolen, and also deceived. They have even put it among their own stuff. <a href="/wbt/joshua/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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 goods. <a href="/web/joshua/7.htm">World English Bible</a> Israel has sinned. Yes, they have even transgressed my covenant which I commanded them. Yes, they have even taken some of the devoted things, and have also stolen, and also deceived. They have even put it among their own stuff. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/joshua/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Israel has sinned, and they have also transgressed My covenant which I commanded them, and also taken of the devoted thing, and also stolen, and also deceived, and also put [it] among their vessels, <a href="/ylt/joshua/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Israel hath sinned, and also they have transgressed My covenant which I commanded them, and also taken of the devoted thing, and also stolen, and also deceived, and also put it among their vessels, <a href="/slt/joshua/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Israel sinned and also passed by my covenant which I commanded them: and also they took from the devoted thing, and also stole, and also lied, and also put in their vessels.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/joshua/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Israel hath sinned, and transgressed my covenant: and they have taken of the anathema, and have stolen and lied, and have hidden it among their goods. <a href="/cpdv/joshua/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Israel has sinned and transgressed my covenant. And they have taken from what is anathema. And they have stolen and lied, and they have hidden it among their goods. <a href="/nabre/joshua/7.htm">New American Bible</a> Israel has sinned: they have transgressed the covenant which I enjoined on them. They have taken goods subject to the ban. They have stolen and lied, placing the goods in their baggage. <a href="/nrsvce/joshua/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Israel has sinned; they have transgressed my covenant that I imposed on them. They have taken some of the devoted things; they have stolen, they have acted deceitfully, and they have put them among their own belongings.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/joshua/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Israel has sinned, and they have also transgressed the commandment which I commanded them; for they have even taken some of the devoted things, and have also stolen, and lied, and they have hidden them among their own stuff. <a href="/hpbt/joshua/7.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Israel has sinned and they have violated the commandment that I have commanded them, and they took from the destruction, also they have stolen, also they have lied, and they have concealed among their implements<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/joshua/7.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Israel hath sinned; yea, they have even transgressed My covenant which I commanded them; yea, they have even taken of the devoted thing; and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have even put it among their own stuff. <a href="/sep/joshua/7.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> The people has sinned, and transgressed the covenant which I made with them; they have stolen from the cursed thing, and put it into their store. <a href="/parallel/joshua/7-11.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/p91zXIGB0Rk?start=1470" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/joshua/7.htm">Israel Defeated at Ai</a> …10But the LORD said to Joshua, “Stand up! Why have you fallen on your face? 11<a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">Israel</a> <a href="/hebrew/2398.htm" title="2398: ḥā·ṭā (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to miss; hence to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, lead astray, condemn.">has sinned;</a> <a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: wə·ḡam (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/5674.htm" title="5674: ‘ā·ḇə·rū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To pass over, through, or by, pass on. A primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition; specifically, to cover.">they have transgressed</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1285.htm" title="1285: bə·rî·ṯî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- A covenant. From barah (like bara'); a compact.">My covenant</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/6680.htm" title="6680: ṣiw·wî·ṯî (V-Piel-Perf-1cs) -- To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order. A primitive root; to constitute, enjoin.">I commanded</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·w·ṯām (DirObjM:: 3mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">them,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: wə·ḡam (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. ">and they</a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: lā·qə·ḥū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">have taken</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: min- (Prep) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">some of</a> <a href="/hebrew/2764.htm" title="2764: ha·ḥê·rem (Art:: N-ms) -- A net, a doomed object, extermination. Or cherem; from charam; physical a net; usually a doomed object; abstr. Extermination.">what was devoted to destruction.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: wə·ḡam (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. ">Indeed,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1589.htm" title="1589: gā·nə·ḇū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To steal. A primitive root; to thieve; by implication, to deceive.">they have stolen</a> <a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: wə·ḡam (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. ">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/3584.htm" title="3584: ki·ḥă·šū (V-Piel-Perf-3cp) -- To disappoint, deceive, fail, grow lean. A primitive root; to be untrue, in word or deed.">lied,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: wə·ḡam (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. ">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: śā·mū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put.">they have put these things</a> <a href="/hebrew/3627.htm" title="3627: ḇiḵ·lê·hem (Prep-b:: N-mpc:: 3mp) -- An article, utensil, vessel. From kalah; something prepared, i.e. Any apparatus.">with their own possessions.</a> 12This is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies. They will turn their backs and run from their enemies, because they themselves have been set apart for destruction. I will no longer be with you unless you remove from among you whatever is devoted to destruction.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/deuteronomy/7-25.htm">Deuteronomy 7:25-26</a> You must burn up the images of their gods; do not covet the silver and gold that is on them or take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it; for it is detestable to the LORD your God. / And you must not bring any detestable thing into your house, or you, like it, will be set apart for destruction. You are to utterly detest and abhor it, because it is set apart for destruction. <a href="/numbers/32-23.htm">Numbers 32:23</a> But if you do not do this, you will certainly sin against the LORD—and be assured that your sin will find you out. <a href="/1_samuel/15-19.htm">1 Samuel 15:19-23</a> So why did you not obey the LORD? Why did you rush upon the plunder and do evil in the sight of the LORD?” / “But I did obey the LORD,” Saul replied. “I went on the mission that the LORD gave me. I brought back Agag king of Amalek and devoted the Amalekites to destruction. / The troops took sheep and cattle from the plunder, the best of the things devoted to destruction, in order to sacrifice them to the LORD your God at Gilgal.” ... <a href="/2_samuel/12-9.htm">2 Samuel 12:9-10</a> Why then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own. You have slain him with the sword of the Ammonites. / Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.’ <a href="/leviticus/26-14.htm">Leviticus 26:14-17</a> If, however, you fail to obey Me and to carry out all these commandments, / and if you reject My statutes, despise My ordinances, and neglect to carry out all My commandments, and so break My covenant, / then this is what I will do to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror, wasting disease, and fever that will destroy your sight and drain your life. You will sow your seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it. ... <a href="/judges/2-20.htm">Judges 2:20-21</a> So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He said, “Because this nation has transgressed the covenant I laid down for their fathers and has not heeded My voice, / I will no longer drive out before them any of the nations Joshua left when he died. <a href="/1_kings/18-18.htm">1 Kings 18:18</a> “I have not troubled Israel,” Elijah replied, “but you and your father’s house have, for you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD and have followed the Baals. <a href="/isaiah/59-2.htm">Isaiah 59:2</a> But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear. <a href="/jeremiah/5-25.htm">Jeremiah 5:25</a> Your iniquities have diverted these from you; your sins have deprived you of My bounty. <a href="/hosea/4-1.htm">Hosea 4:1-2</a> Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land! / Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another. <a href="/romans/6-23.htm">Romans 6:23</a> For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. <a href="/1_corinthians/10-6.htm">1 Corinthians 10:6-11</a> These things took place as examples to keep us from craving evil things as they did. / Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.” / We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died. ... <a href="/hebrews/3-12.htm">Hebrews 3:12-13</a> See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God. / But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness. <a href="/james/1-14.htm">James 1:14-15</a> But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed. / Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death. <a href="/1_john/1-8.htm">1 John 1:8-10</a> If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. / If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. / If we say we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar, and His word is not in us.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Israel has 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.Israel<a href="/joshua/7-1.htm">Joshua 7:1,20,21</a> But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel… transgressed<a href="/joshua/23-16.htm">Joshua 23:16</a> When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.<a href="/deuteronomy/17-2.htm">Deuteronomy 17:2</a> If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant,<a href="/judges/2-20.htm">Judges 2:20</a> And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and he said, Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice;the accursed<a href="/joshua/7-21.htm">Joshua 7:21</a> When I saw among the spoils a 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 under it.<a href="/joshua/6-17.htm">Joshua 6:17-19</a> And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent… stolen<a href="/malachi/3-8.htm">Malachi 3:8,9</a> Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings… <a href="/matthew/22-21.htm">Matthew 22:21</a> They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.dissembled<a href="/2_kings/5-25.htm">2 Kings 5:25,26</a> But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither… <a href="/john/12-5.htm">John 12:5,6</a> Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor? … <a href="/acts/5-1.htm">Acts 5:1,2,9</a> But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, … among<a href="/leviticus/5-15.htm">Leviticus 5:15</a> If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy things of the LORD; then he shall bring for his trespass unto the LORD a ram without blemish out of the flocks, with thy estimation by shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering:<a href="/habakkuk/2-6.htm">Habakkuk 2:6</a> Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!<a href="/zechariah/5-4.htm">Zechariah 5:4</a> I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/joshua/7-1.htm">Accursed</a> <a href="/joshua/7-1.htm">Ban</a> <a href="/joshua/6-26.htm">Commanded</a> <a href="/joshua/6-8.htm">Covenant</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-16.htm">Deceived</a> <a href="/joshua/7-1.htm">Devoted</a> <a href="/galatians/2-13.htm">Dissembled</a> <a href="/joshua/7-8.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/joshua/3-8.htm">Moreover</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/20-18.htm">Sinned</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/24-7.htm">Stolen</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/22-11.htm">Stuff</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/26-13.htm">Transgressed</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/joshua/7-12.htm">Accursed</a> <a href="/joshua/7-12.htm">Ban</a> <a href="/joshua/8-4.htm">Commanded</a> <a href="/joshua/7-15.htm">Covenant</a> <a href="/joshua/9-22.htm">Deceived</a> <a href="/joshua/7-12.htm">Devoted</a> <a href="/jeremiah/42-20.htm">Dissembled</a> <a href="/joshua/7-12.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/joshua/18-20.htm">Moreover</a> <a href="/joshua/7-20.htm">Sinned</a> <a href="/2_samuel/19-41.htm">Stolen</a> <a href="/1_samuel/10-22.htm">Stuff</a> <a href="/joshua/7-15.htm">Transgressed</a><div class="vheading2">Joshua 7</div>1. <a href="/joshua/7-1.htm">The Israelites are smitten at Ai</a> 6. <a href="/joshua/7-6.htm">Joshua's complaint</a> 10. <a href="/joshua/7-10.htm">God instructs him what to do</a> 16. <a href="/joshua/7-16.htm">Achan is taken by the lot</a> 19. <a href="/joshua/7-19.htm">His confession</a> 24. <a href="/joshua/7-24.htm">He and all he had are destroyed in the valley of Achor</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/joshua/7.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div>Israel has sinned The phrase "Israel has sinned" immediately sets the tone for the gravity of the situation. In Hebrew, the word for "sinned" is "חָטָא" (chata), which means to miss the mark or to fall short. This is not just an individual failing but a collective one, indicating that the actions of one can affect the entire community. In the context of ancient Israel, the nation was seen as a covenant community, bound together in their relationship with God. The sin of Achan, as revealed later in the chapter, is a breach of this covenant, highlighting the communal responsibility and the seriousness of sin in the eyes of God.They have violated My covenant The term "violated" comes from the Hebrew "עָבַר" (avar), meaning to transgress or pass over. This indicates a deliberate action against the established agreement between God and Israel. The "covenant" (בְּרִית, berit) is a sacred agreement, often sealed with a solemn promise or sacrifice. In the historical context, covenants were binding and breaking them had severe consequences. This violation is not just a legal breach but a spiritual betrayal, showing a lack of faithfulness to God who had delivered them from Egypt and given them the Promised Land.that I commanded them to keep The phrase underscores the divine authority behind the covenant. The word "commanded" (צִוָּה, tzivah) implies a direct order from God, not a suggestion or guideline. The Israelites were expected to "keep" (שָׁמַר, shamar), meaning to guard or observe diligently. This reflects the expectation of obedience and the importance of adhering to God's laws as a demonstration of their commitment and love for Him. Historically, this obedience was crucial for maintaining the blessings and protection promised by God.They have taken some of what was set apart The phrase "set apart" translates from the Hebrew "חֵרֶם" (cherem), which refers to something devoted or consecrated to God, often through destruction. In the context of the conquest of Jericho, certain items were to be devoted to God, either by being placed in the treasury or destroyed. Taking these items was a direct act of disobedience and a violation of the sacredness of what was dedicated to God. This act of taking what was "set apart" signifies a lack of reverence and an intrusion into what was holy.for destruction The term "destruction" here is linked to the concept of cherem, indicating that these items were meant to be completely destroyed as an offering to God. This was a common practice in ancient warfare, where spoils were either dedicated to a deity or destroyed to prevent their use by others. The failure to destroy these items as commanded was not just a failure to follow orders but a spiritual defilement, as it kept what was meant to be a sacrifice for God.They have stolen and lied The words "stolen" (גָּנַב, ganav) and "lied" (כָּחַשׁ, kachash) highlight the moral and ethical dimensions of the sin. Stealing implies taking what is not rightfully yours, while lying suggests deceit and a cover-up. These actions compound the sin, showing a deliberate attempt to hide wrongdoing from both God and the community. In the biblical narrative, these actions are not just against human laws but are seen as direct offenses against God, who sees all and knows all.and put them with their own possessions This phrase indicates an attempt to integrate the forbidden items into personal property, symbolizing a deeper level of rebellion. The act of placing what was devoted to God among personal belongings shows a disregard for the sacred and a prioritization of personal gain over divine command. In the historical and cultural context, this act would have been seen as a serious breach of trust and an affront to the holiness of God. It serves as a reminder of the importance of keeping what is sacred separate and honoring God with our possessions and actions.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/joshua/7.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(11) They have also transgressed my covenant.--The law is again brought prominently forward in this scene. "The words of the covenant, the ten commandments," are first of all a pledge that Jehovah is the God of Israel. "I am Jehovah, thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt." And He brought them out that He might bring them in--and He made them the executioners of His wrath against the idolaters. They must have no other gods but Him, and they must not treat the things that had been defiled by association with idolatry as their own spoil. The words which specially apply to this case are to be found in <a href="/context/deuteronomy/7-25.htm" title="The graven images of their gods shall you burn with fire: you shall not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it to you, lest you be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the LORD your God.">Deuteronomy 7:25-26</a> : "The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire (see <a href="/joshua/7-21.htm" title="When I saw among the spoils a 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 middle of my tent, and the silver under it.">Joshua 7:21</a>) the silver or gold that is on them. . . . Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it."The whole spoil of Canaan was not so treated; but concerning that of Jericho there had been express orders, possibly because the city was especially defiled with idolatry. God had proclaimed it abomination. It was aherem--devoted or accursed--and no Israelite was to appropriate any of it, under penalty of becoming cherem himself, and making his household cherem. This Achan had done.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/joshua/7.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 11. - Israel hath sinned. A simple but satisfactory explanation. It is not God who changes. It is we who frustrate His counsels of love and protection against our enemies. We have here another assertion of the principle that if one member suffer all the members suffer with it. Achan's sin was the sin of all Israel. So the sin of one man is still the sin of the whole Church. And have also stolen. The accusation is cumulative. Israel, which was all involved in the sin of one among their number, had (1) broken a solemn vow; (2) had stolen what was not theirs; (3) had acted deceitfully (כָּחַשַׁ); and . . . <a href="/commentaries/joshua/7-11.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc has sinned; חָטָא֙ (ḥā·ṭā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2398.htm">Strong's 2398: </a> To miss, to sin, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, lead astray, condemn they have transgressed עָבְר֣וּ (‘ā·ḇə·rū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5674.htm">Strong's 5674: </a> To pass over, through, or by, pass on My covenant בְּרִיתִ֔י (bə·rî·ṯî) Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1285.htm">Strong's 1285: </a> A covenant that אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that I commanded צִוִּ֖יתִי (ṣiw·wî·ṯî) Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6680.htm">Strong's 6680: </a> To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order them, אוֹתָ֑ם (’ō·w·ṯām) Direct object marker | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> Untranslatable mark of the accusative case and they וְגַ֤ם (wə·ḡam) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1571.htm">Strong's 1571: </a> Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and have taken לָֽקְחוּ֙ (lā·qə·ḥū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> To take some of מִן־ (min-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> A part of, from, out of what was devoted. הַחֵ֔רֶם (ha·ḥê·rem) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2764.htm">Strong's 2764: </a> A net, a doomed object, extermination Indeed, וְגַ֤ם (wə·ḡam) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1571.htm">Strong's 1571: </a> Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and they have stolen גָּֽנְבוּ֙ (gā·nə·ḇū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1589.htm">Strong's 1589: </a> To thieve, to deceive and וְגַ֣ם (wə·ḡam) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1571.htm">Strong's 1571: </a> Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and lied about it, כִּֽחֲשׁ֔וּ (ki·ḥă·šū) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3584.htm">Strong's 3584: </a> To disappoint, deceive, fail, grow lean and וְגַ֖ם (wə·ḡam) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1571.htm">Strong's 1571: </a> Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and they have put [these things] שָׂ֥מוּ (śā·mū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> Put -- to put, place, set with their own possessions. בִכְלֵיהֶֽם׃ (ḇiḵ·lê·hem) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3627.htm">Strong's 3627: </a> Something prepared, any apparatus <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/joshua/7-11.htm">Joshua 7:11 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/joshua/7-11.htm">Joshua 7:11 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/joshua/7-11.htm">Joshua 7:11 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/joshua/7-11.htm">Joshua 7:11 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/joshua/7-11.htm">Joshua 7:11 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/joshua/7-11.htm">Joshua 7:11 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/joshua/7-11.htm">Joshua 7:11 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/joshua/7-11.htm">Joshua 7:11 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/joshua/7-11.htm">Joshua 7:11 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/joshua/7-11.htm">Joshua 7:11 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/joshua/7-11.htm">OT History: Joshua 7:11 Israel has sinned (Josh. 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