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Achan Is Punished for Stealing from the Lord

The Lord had said that everything in Jericho belonged to him.[a] But Achan[b] from the Judah tribe took some of the things from Jericho for himself. And so the Lord was angry with the Israelites, because one of them had disobeyed him.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. 7.1 belonged to him: See the note at 6.17.
  2. 7.1 Achan: The Hebrew text has “Achan, son of Carmi, grandson of Abdi, and great-grandson of Zerah.”
  3. 7.1 the Lord was angry … disobeyed him: Even though only one person had disobeyed, it meant that the Lords instructions to the people of Israel had not been followed, and the whole nation was held responsible.

以 色 列 人 在 當 滅 的 物 上 犯 了 罪 ; 因 為 猶 大 支 派 中 , 謝 拉 的 曾 孫 , 撒 底 的 孫 子 , 迦 米 的 兒 子 亞 干 取 了 當 滅 的 物 ; 耶 和 華 的 怒 氣 就 向 以 色 列 人 發 作 。

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