²⁷ The sons of Jacob came upon the slain and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.

¹⁰ For the love of money is a root of ^(A)all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.

^16 (A)Now the rest of the Jews who were in the king's provinces also ^(B)gathered to defend their lives, and got relief from their enemies and killed 75,000 of those who hated them, but they laid no hands on the plunder.

^10 (A)the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, ^(B)the enemy of the Jews, ^(C)but they laid no hand on the plunder.

²¹ when I saw among the spoil a beautiful cloak from Shinar, and 200 shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing 50 shekels,^[a] then I coveted them and took them. And see, they are hidden in the earth inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”

¹³ Get up! Consecrate the people and say, ^(A)‘Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow; for thus says the Lord, God of Israel, “There are devoted things in your midst, O Israel. You cannot stand before your enemies until you take away the devoted things from among you.”

Israel Defeated at Ai

7 But the people of Israel broke faith in regard to the devoted things, for ^(A)Achan the son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of the devoted things. And the anger of the Lord burned against the people of Israel.

¹⁴ He answered, ^(A)“Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you mean to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid, and thought, “Surely the thing is known.”

³¹ But they said, “Should he treat our sister like a prostitute?”

² And when Shechem the son of ^(A)Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her, he seized her and lay with her and humiliated her.