²⁴ Then Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, the silver, the garment, the wedge of gold, his sons, his daughters, his oxen, his donkeys, his sheep, his tent, and ^(A)all that he had, and they brought them to ^(B)the Valley of Achor.

⁹ But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition. ¹⁰ For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

⁷ Then the border went up toward ^(A)Debir from ^(B)the Valley of Achor, and it turned northward toward Gilgal, which is before the Ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the valley. The border continued toward the waters of En Shemesh and ended at ^(C)En Rogel.

²⁶ Then they ^(A)raised over him a great heap of stones, still there to this day. So ^(B)the Lord turned from the fierceness of His anger. Therefore the name of that place has been called ^(C)the Valley of ^[a]Achor to this day.

²⁷ So they got away from around the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram; and Dathan and Abiram came out and stood at the door of their tents, with their wives, their sons, and their little ^(A)children.

²⁸ And Moses said: ^(B)“By this you shall know that the Lord has sent me to do all these works, for I have not done them ^(C)of my own will. ²⁹ If these men die naturally like all men, or if they are ^(D)visited by the common fate of all men, then the Lord has not sent me. ³⁰ But if the Lord creates ^(E)a new thing, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them up with all that belongs to them, and they ^(F)go down alive into the pit, then you will understand that these men have rejected the Lord.”

^31 (G)Now it came to pass, as he finished speaking all these words, that the ground split apart under them,