Joshua Chapter 7
7:1 | But the children of ![]() ![]() |
7:2 | And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which [is] beside Bethaven, on the east side of Bethel, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai. |
7:3 | And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; [and] make not all the people to labour thither; for they [are but] few. |
7:4 | So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai. |
7:5 | And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them [from] before the gate [even] unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as ![]() |
7:6 | And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the ![]() ![]() |
7:7 | And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord GOD, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan! |
7:8 | O Lord, what shall I say, when ![]() |
7:9 | For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear [of it], and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the ![]() ![]() |
7:10 | And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face? |
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7:12 | Therefore the children of ![]() |
7:13 | Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow: for thus saith the LORD God of ![]() ![]() |
7:14 | In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes: and it shall be, [that] the tribe which the LORD taketh shall come according to the families [thereof]; and the family which the LORD shall take shall come by households; and the household which the LORD shall take shall come man by man. |
7:15 | 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 ![]() |
7:16 | So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought ![]() |
7:17 | And he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zarhites: and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was taken: |
7:18 | And he brought 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 taken. |
7:19 | And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, ![]() ![]() |
7:20 | And Achan answered Joshua, and said, ![]() ![]() |
7:21 | When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish ![]() ![]() ![]() |
7:22 | So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold, [it was] hid in his tent, and the silver under it. |
7:23 | And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them unto Joshua, and unto all the children of ![]() |
7:24 | And Joshua, and all ![]() ![]() ![]() |
7:25 | And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall trouble thee this ![]() ![]() |
7:26 | And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this ![]() ![]() |