19 Then Joshua said to Achan, “My son, (A)give glory to the Lord God of Israel and (B)give praise[a] to him. And (C)tell me now what you have done; do not hide it from me.” 20 And Achan answered Joshua, “Truly (D)I have sinned against the Lord God of Israel, and this is what I did: 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,[b] then I coveted them and took them. And see, they are hidden in the earth inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”

22 So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent; and behold, it was hidden in his tent with the silver underneath. 23 And they took them out of the tent and brought them to Joshua and to all the people of Israel. And they laid them down before the Lord. 24 And Joshua and all Israel with him took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver and the cloak and the bar of gold, and his sons and daughters and his oxen and donkeys and sheep and his tent and all that he had. And they brought them up to the (E)Valley of Achor. 25 And Joshua said, “Why did you (F)bring trouble on us? The Lord brings trouble on you today.” And all Israel (G)stoned him with stones. (H)They burned them with fire and stoned them with stones. 26 And they raised over him (I)a great heap of stones that remains to this day. Then (J)the Lord turned from his burning anger. Therefore, to this day the name of that place is called the Valley of Achor.[c]

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  1. Joshua 7:19 Or and make confession
  2. Joshua 7:21 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
  3. Joshua 7:26 Achor means trouble

19 Then Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory(A) to the Lord, the God of Israel, and honor him. Tell(B) me what you have done; do not hide it from me.”

20 Achan replied, “It is true! I have sinned against the Lord, the God of Israel. This is what I have done: 21 When I saw in the plunder(C) a beautiful robe from Babylonia,[a] two hundred shekels[b] of silver and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels,[c] I coveted(D) them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”

22 So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent, and there it was, hidden in his tent, with the silver underneath. 23 They took the things from the tent, brought them to Joshua and all the Israelites and spread them out before the Lord.

24 Then Joshua, together with all Israel, took Achan son of Zerah, the silver, the robe, the gold bar, his sons(E) and daughters, his cattle, donkeys and sheep, his tent and all that he had, to the Valley of Achor.(F) 25 Joshua said, “Why have you brought this trouble(G) on us? The Lord will bring trouble on you today.”

Then all Israel stoned him,(H) and after they had stoned the rest, they burned them.(I) 26 Over Achan they heaped(J) up a large pile of rocks, which remains to this day.(K) Then the Lord turned from his fierce anger.(L) Therefore that place has been called the Valley of Achor[d](M) ever since.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 7:21 Hebrew Shinar
  2. Joshua 7:21 That is, about 5 pounds or about 2.3 kilograms
  3. Joshua 7:21 That is, about 1 1/4 pounds or about 575 grams
  4. Joshua 7:26 Achor means trouble.