<vn='1'>But the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="4603">committed</s> a <sn="4604">trespass</s> in the accursed <sn="2764">thing</s>: for <sn="5912">Achan</s>, the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3756">Carmi</s>, the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="2067">Zabdi</s>, the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="2226">Zerah</s>, of the <sn="4294">tribe</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, <sn="3947">took</s><sn="4480">of</s> the accursed <sn="2764">thing</s>: and the <sn="639">anger</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> was <sn="2734">kindled</s> against the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And <sn="3091">Joshua</s><sn="7971">sent</s><sn="376">men</s> from <sn="4480 3405">Jericho</s> to <sn="5857">Ai</s>, <sn="834">which</s> is <sn="5973">beside</s><sn="1007">Beth</s> -aven, on the east <sn="4480 6924">side</s> of <sn="1008">Bethel</s>, and <sn="559">spoke</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, <sn="559">saying</s>, Go <sn="5927">up</s> and <sn="7270">view</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="776">country</s>. And the <sn="376">men</s> went <sn="5927">up</s> and <sn="7270">viewed</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="5857">Ai</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And they <sn="7725">returned</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="3091">Joshua</s>, and <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, Let <sn="408">not</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s> go <sn="5927">up</s>; but let about <sn="505">two</s><sn="176">or</s><sn="7969">three</s><sn="505">thousand</s><sn="376">men</s> go <sn="5927">up</s> and <sn="5221">smite</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="5857">Ai</s>; and make <sn="408">not</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s> to <sn="3021">labor</s><sn="8033">thither</s>; <sn="3588">for</s><sn="1992">they</s> are but <sn="4592">few</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>So there went <sn="5927">up</s><sn="8033">thither</s><sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="5971">people</s> about <sn="7969">three</s><sn="505">thousand</s><sn="376">men</s>: and they <sn="5127">fled</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="5857">Ai</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>And the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="5857">Ai</s><sn="5221">smote</s><sn="4480">of</s> them about <sn="7970">thirty</s> and <sn="8337">six</s><sn="376">men</s>: for they <sn="7291">chased</s> them from <sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="8179">gate</s> even <sn="5704">unto</s><sn="7671">Shebarim</s>, and <sn="5221">smote</s> them in the going <sn="4174">down</s>: wherefore the <sn="3824">hearts</s> of the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="4549">melted</s>, and <sn="1961">became</s> as <sn="4325">water</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>And <sn="3091">Joshua</s><sn="7167">rent</s> his <sn="8071">clothes</s>, and <sn="5307">fell</s> to the <sn="776">earth</s><sn="5921">upon</s> his <sn="6440">face</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="727">ark</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5704">until</s> the <sn="6153">eventide</s>, <sn="1931">he</s> and the <sn="2205">elders</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, and <sn="5927">put</s><sn="6083">dust</s><sn="5921">upon</s> their <sn="7218">heads</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And <sn="3091">Joshua</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="162">Alas</s>, O <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s>, <sn="4100">wherefore</s> hast thou at all <sn="5674 5674">brought</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="5971">people</s><sn="5674">over</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3383">Jordan</s>, to <sn="5414">deliver</s> us into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of the <sn="567">Amorites</s>, to <sn="6">destroy</s> us? would to <sn="3863">God</s> we had been <sn="2974">content</s>, and <sn="3427">dwelt</s> on the other <sn="5676">side</s><sn="3383">Jordan</s>! </v>
<vn='8'><sn="994">O</s><sn="136">Lord</s>, <sn="4100">what</s> shall I <sn="559">say</s>, <sn="310 834">when</s><sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="2015">turneth</s> their <sn="6203">backs</s><sn="6440">before</s> their <sn="341">enemies</s>! </v>
<vn='9'>For the <sn="3669">Canaanites</s> and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> of the <sn="776">land</s> shall <sn="8085">hear</s> of it, and shall environ us <sn="5437 5921">round</s>, and cut <sn="3772">off</s><sn="*853"></s> our <sn="8034">name</s><sn="4480">from</s> the <sn="776">earth</s>: and <sn="4100">what</s> wilt thou <sn="6213">do</s> unto thy <sn="1419">great</s><sn="8034">name</s>? </v>
<vn='10'>And the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="3091">Joshua</s>, Get thee <sn="6965">up</s>; <sn="4100">wherefore</s><sn="5307">liest</s><sn="859">thou</s><sn="2088">thus</s><sn="5921">upon</s> thy <sn="6440">face</s>? </v>
<vn='11'><sn="3478">Israel</s> hath <sn="2398">sinned</s>, and they have <sn="1571">also</s><sn="5674">transgressed</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="1285">covenant</s><sn="834">which</s> I <sn="6680">commanded</s> them: for they have <sn="1571">even</s><sn="3947">taken</s><sn="4480">of</s> the accursed <sn="2764">thing</s>, and have <sn="1571">also</s><sn="1589">stolen</s>, and <sn="3584">dissembled</s><sn="1571">also</s>, and they have <sn="7760">put</s> it <sn="1571">even</s> among their own <sn="3627">stuff</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>Therefore the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="3201">could</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="6965">stand</s><sn="6440">before</s> their <sn="341">enemies</s>, but <sn="6437">turned</s> their <sn="6203">backs</s><sn="6440">before</s> their <sn="341">enemies</s>, <sn="3588">because</s> they <sn="1961">were</s><sn="2764">accursed</s>: <sn="3808">neither</s> will I <sn="1961">be</s><sn="5973">with</s> you any <sn="3254">more</s>, <sn="518 3808">except</s> ye <sn="8045">destroy</s> the <sn="2764">accursed</s> from <sn="4480 7130">among</s> you. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="6965">Up</s>, <sn="6942">sanctify</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, and <sn="559">say</s>, Sanctify <sn="6942">yourselves</s> against <sn="4279">tomorrow</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="3541">thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">Lord</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. There is an accursed <sn="2764">thing</s> in the <sn="7130">midst</s> of thee, O <sn="3478">Israel</s>: thou <sn="3201">canst</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="6965">stand</s><sn="6440">before</s> thine <sn="341">enemies</s>, <sn="5704">until</s> ye take <sn="5493">away</s> the accursed <sn="2764">thing</s> from <sn="4480 7130">among</s> you. </v>
<vn='14'>In the <sn="1242">morning</s> therefore ye shall be <sn="7126">brought</s> according to your <sn="7626">tribes</s>: and it shall <sn="1961">be</s>, that the <sn="7626">tribe</s><sn="834">which</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="3920">taketh</s> shall <sn="7126">come</s> according to the <sn="4940">families</s> thereof; and the <sn="4940">family</s><sn="834">which</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> shall <sn="3920">take</s> shall <sn="7126">come</s> by <sn="1004">households</s>; and the <sn="1004">household</s><sn="834">which</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> shall <sn="3920">take</s> shall <sn="7126">come</s> man by <sn="1397">man</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>And it shall <sn="1961">be</s>, that he that is <sn="3920">taken</s> with the accursed <sn="2764">thing</s> shall be <sn="8313">burnt</s> with <sn="784">fire</s>, he and <sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> he hath: <sn="3588">because</s> he hath <sn="5674">transgressed</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1285">covenant</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="3588">because</s> he hath <sn="6213">wrought</s><sn="5039">folly</s> in <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>So <sn="3091">Joshua</s> rose up <sn="7925">early</s> in the <sn="1242">morning</s>, and <sn="7126">brought</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3478">Israel</s> by their <sn="7626">tribes</s>; and the <sn="7626">tribe</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> was <sn="3920">taken</s>: </v>
<vn='17'>And he <sn="7126">brought</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4940">family</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>; and he <sn="3920">took</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4940">family</s> of the <sn="2227">Zarhites</s>: and he <sn="7126">brought</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4940">family</s> of the <sn="2227">Zarhites</s> man by <sn="1397">man</s>; and <sn="2067">Zabdi</s> was <sn="3920">taken</s>: </v>
<vn='18'>And he <sn="7126">brought</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="1004">household</s> man by <sn="1397">man</s>; and <sn="5912">Achan</s>, the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3756">Carmi</s>, the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="2067">Zabdi</s>, the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="2226">Zerah</s>, of the <sn="4294">tribe</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, was <sn="3920">taken</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>And <sn="3091">Joshua</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="5912">Achan</s>, My <sn="1121">son</s>, <sn="7760">give</s>, I pray <sn="4994">thee</s>, <sn="3519">glory</s> to the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, and <sn="5414">make</s><sn="8426">confession</s> unto him; and <sn="5046">tell</s> me <sn="4994">now</s><sn="4100">what</s> thou hast <sn="6213">done</s>; <sn="3582">hide</s> it <sn="408">not</s><sn="4480">from</s> me. </v>
<vn='20'>And <sn="5912">Achan</s><sn="6030">answered</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3091">Joshua</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="546">Indeed</s><sn="595">I</s> have <sn="2398">sinned</s> against the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, and <sn="2063">thus</s> and <sn="2063">thus</s> have I <sn="6213">done</s>: </v>
<vn='21'>When I <sn="7200">saw</s> among the <sn="7998">spoils</s><sn="259">a</s><sn="2896">goodly</s><sn="8152">Babylonish</s><sn="155">garment</s>, and two <sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="8255">shekels</s> of <sn="3701">silver</s>, and <sn="259">a</s><sn="3956">wedge</s> of <sn="2091">gold</s> of <sn="2572">fifty</s><sn="8255">shekels</s><sn="4948">weight</s>, then I <sn="2530">coveted</s> them, and <sn="3947">took</s> them; and, <sn="2009">behold</s>, they are <sn="2934">hid</s> in the <sn="776">earth</s> in the <sn="8432">midst</s> of my <sn="168">tent</s>, and the <sn="3701">silver</s><sn="8478">under</s> it. </v>
<vn='22'>So <sn="3091">Joshua</s><sn="7971">sent</s><sn="4397">messengers</s>, and they <sn="7323">ran</s> unto the <sn="168">tent</s>; and, <sn="2009">behold</s>, it was <sn="2934">hid</s> in his <sn="168">tent</s>, and the <sn="3701">silver</s><sn="8478">under</s> it. </v>
<vn='23'>And they <sn="3947">took</s> them out of the <sn="4480 8432">midst</s> of the <sn="168">tent</s>, and <sn="935">brought</s> them <sn="413">unto</s><sn="3091">Joshua</s>, and <sn="413">unto</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, and laid them <sn="3332">out</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>And <sn="3091">Joshua</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s><sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="5973">with</s> him, <sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="5912">Achan</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="2226">Zerah</s>, and the <sn="3701">silver</s>, and the <sn="155">garment</s>, and the <sn="3956">wedge</s> of <sn="2091">gold</s>, and his <sn="1121">sons</s>, and his <sn="1323">daughters</s>, and his <sn="7794">oxen</s>, and his <sn="2543">asses</s>, and his <sn="6629">sheep</s>, and his <sn="168">tent</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> he had: and they <sn="5927">brought</s> them unto the <sn="6010">valley</s> of <sn="5911">Achor</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>And <sn="3091">Joshua</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="4100">Why</s> hast thou <sn="5916">troubled</s> us? the <sn="3068">LORD</s> shall <sn="5916">trouble</s> thee <sn="2088">this</s><sn="3117">day</s>. And <sn="3605">all</s><sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="5619">stoned</s> him with <sn="68">stones</s>, and <sn="8313">burned</s> them with <sn="784">fire</s>, after they had <sn="7275">stoned</s> them with <sn="68">stones</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>And they <sn="6965">raised</s><sn="5921">over</s> him a <sn="1419">great</s><sn="1530">heap</s> of <sn="68">stones</s><sn="5704">unto</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="3117">day</s>. So the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="7725">turned</s> from the <sn="4480 2740">fierceness</s> of his <sn="639">anger</s>. <sn="5921 3651">Wherefore</s> the <sn="8034">name</s> of <sn="1931">that</s><sn="4725">place</s> was <sn="7121">called</s>, The <sn="6010">valley</s> of <sn="5911">Achor</s>, <sn="5704">unto</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="3117">day</s>. </v>