Joshua 7
New International Reader's Version
Achan Sins Against the Lord
7 But the Israelites weren’t faithful to the Lord. They didn’t destroy what had been set apart to him. So they did not do what they had been told to do. Achan had taken some of those things. So the Lord became very angry with Israel. Achan was the son of Karmi. Karmi was the son of Zimri. And Zimri was the son of Zerah. Achan and all his relatives were from the tribe of Judah.
2 Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai. Ai is near Beth Aven east of Bethel. Joshua told the men, “Go up and check out the area around Ai.” So the men went up and checked it out.
3 Then they returned to Joshua. They said, “The whole army doesn’t have to go up and attack Ai. Send only two or three thousand men. They can take the city. Don’t make the whole army go up there. Only a few people live in Ai.” 4 So only about 3,000 troops went up. But the men of Ai drove them away. 5 They chased the Israelites from the city gate all the way to Shebarim. They killed about 36 of them on the way down. So the Israelites were terrified.
6 Joshua and the elders of Israel became sad. Joshua tore his clothes. He fell in front of the ark of the Lord with his face to the ground. He remained there until evening. The elders did the same thing. They also sprinkled dust on their heads. 7 Joshua said, “Lord and King, why did you ever bring these people across the Jordan River? Did you want to hand us over to the Amorites? Did you want them to destroy us? I wish we had been content to stay on the other side of the Jordan! 8 Lord, our enemies have driven us away. What can I say? 9 The Canaanites will hear about it. So will everyone else in the country. They will surround us. They’ll erase any mention of our name from the face of the earth. Then what will you do when people don’t honor your great name anymore?”
10 The Lord said to Joshua, “Get up! What are you doing down there on your face? 11 Israel has sinned. I made a covenant with them. I commanded them to keep it. But they have broken it. They have taken some of the things that had been set apart to me in a special way to be destroyed. They have stolen. They have lied. They have taken the things they stole and have put them with their own things. 12 That is why the Israelites can’t stand up against their enemies. They turn their backs and run. That’s because I have decided to let them be destroyed. You must destroy the things you took that had been set apart to me. If you do not, I will not be with you anymore.
13 “Go and set the people apart. Tell them, ‘Make yourselves pure. Get ready for tomorrow. Here is what the Lord, the God of Israel, wants you to do. He says, “People of Israel, you have kept some of the things that had been set apart to me to be destroyed. You can’t stand up against your enemies until you get rid of those things.”
14 “ ‘In the morning, come forward tribe by tribe. The tribe the Lord chooses will come forward group by group. The group the Lord chooses will come forward family by family. And the men in the family the Lord chooses will come forward one by one. 15 Whoever is caught with the things that had been set apart to the Lord will be destroyed by fire. Everything that belongs to that person will also be destroyed. He has broken the Lord’s covenant. He has done a very terrible thing in Israel!’ ”
16 Early the next morning Joshua had Israel come forward by tribes. The tribe of Judah was chosen. 17 The groups of Judah came forward. The group of Zerah was chosen. Joshua had the group of Zerah come forward by families. The family of Zimri was chosen. 18 He had their men come forward one by one. Achan was chosen. Achan was the son of Karmi. Karmi was the son of Zimri. And Zimri was the son of Zerah. Zerah was from the tribe of Judah.
19 Joshua said to Achan, “My son, the Lord is the God of Israel. So give him glory and honor him by telling the truth! Tell me what you have done. Don’t hide it from me.”
20 Achan replied, “It’s true! I’ve sinned against the Lord, the God of Israel. Here is what I’ve done. 21 I saw a beautiful robe from Babylonia among the things we had taken. I saw five pounds of silver. And I saw a gold bar that weighed 20 ounces. I wanted them, so I took them. I hid them in the ground inside my tent. The silver is on the bottom.”
22 So Joshua sent some messengers. They ran to Achan’s tent. And there was everything, hidden in his tent! The silver was on the bottom. 23 They brought the things out of the tent. They took them to Joshua and all the Israelites. And they spread them out in the sight of the Lord.
24 Then Joshua and all the people grabbed Achan, the son of Zerah. They took the silver, the robe and the gold bar. They took Achan’s sons and daughters. They took his cattle, donkeys and sheep. They also took his tent and everything he had. They carried all of it out to the Valley of Achor. 25 Joshua said to Achan, “Why have you brought this trouble on us? The Lord will bring trouble on you today.”
Then all the people killed Achan by throwing stones at him. They also killed the rest of his family with stones. They burned all of them up. 26 They placed a large pile of rocks on top of Achan’s body. The place has been called the Valley of Achor ever since. That pile is still there to this day. After the people killed Achan, the Lord was no longer angry with them.
Joshua 7
New King James Version
Defeat at Ai
7 But the children of Israel [a]committed a (A)trespass regarding the (B)accursed[b] things, for (C)Achan the son of Carmi, the son of [c]Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed things; so the anger of the Lord burned against the children of Israel.
2 Now Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth Aven, on the east side of Bethel, and spoke to them, saying, “Go up and spy out the country.” So the men went up and spied out Ai. 3 And they returned to Joshua and said to him, “Do not let all the people go up, but let about two or three thousand men go up and attack Ai. Do not weary all the people there, for the people of Ai are few.” 4 So about three thousand men went up there from the people, (D)but they fled before the men of Ai. 5 And the men of Ai struck down about thirty-six men, for they chased them from before the gate as far as Shebarim, and struck them down on the descent; therefore (E)the[d] hearts of the people melted and became like water.
6 Then Joshua (F)tore his clothes, and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of the Lord until evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they (G)put dust on their heads. 7 And Joshua said, “Alas, Lord [e]God, (H)why have You brought this people over the Jordan at all—to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? Oh, that we had been content, and dwelt on the other side of the Jordan! 8 O Lord, what shall I say when Israel turns its [f]back before its enemies? 9 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear it, and surround us, and (I)cut off our name from the earth. Then (J)what will You do for Your great name?”
The Sin of Achan
10 So the Lord said to Joshua: “Get up! Why do you lie thus on your face? 11 Israel has sinned, and they have also transgressed My covenant which I commanded them. (K)For they have even taken some of the [g]accursed things, and have both stolen and (L)deceived; and they have also put it among their own stuff. 12 (M)Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because (N)they have become doomed to destruction. Neither will I be with you anymore, unless you destroy the accursed from among you. 13 Get up, (O)sanctify[h] the people, and say, (P)‘Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow, because thus says the Lord God of Israel: “There is an accursed thing in your midst, O Israel; you cannot stand before your enemies until you take away the accursed thing from among you.” 14 In the morning therefore you shall be brought according to your tribes. And it shall be that the tribe which (Q)the Lord takes shall come according to families; and the family which the Lord takes shall come by households; and the household which the Lord takes shall come man by man. 15 (R)Then it shall be that he who is taken with the accursed thing shall be burned with fire, he and all that he has, because he has (S)transgressed[i] the covenant of the Lord, and because he (T)has done a disgraceful thing in Israel.’ ”
16 So Joshua rose early in the morning and brought Israel by their tribes, and the tribe of Judah was taken. 17 He brought the clan of Judah, and he took the family of the Zarhites; and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man, and Zabdi was taken. 18 Then he brought his household man by man, and Achan the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, (U)was taken.
19 Now Joshua said to Achan, “My son, I beg you, (V)give glory to the Lord God of Israel, (W)and make confession to Him, and (X)tell me now what you have done; do not hide it from me.”
20 And Achan answered Joshua and said, “Indeed (Y)I have sinned against the Lord God of Israel, and this is what I have done: 21 When I saw among the spoils a beautiful Babylonian garment, two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold weighing fifty shekels, I [j]coveted them and took them. And there they are, hidden in the earth in the midst of my tent, with the silver under it.”
22 So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent; and there it was, hidden in his tent, with the silver under it. 23 And they took them from the midst of the tent, brought them to Joshua and to all the children of Israel, and laid them out before the Lord. 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 (Z)all that he had, and they brought them to (AA)the Valley of Achor. 25 And Joshua said, (AB)“Why have you troubled us? The Lord will trouble you this day.” (AC)So all Israel stoned him with stones; and they burned them with fire after they had stoned them with stones.
26 Then they (AD)raised over him a great heap of stones, still there to this day. So (AE)the Lord turned from the fierceness of His anger. Therefore the name of that place has been called (AF)the Valley of [k]Achor to this day.
Footnotes
- Joshua 7:1 acted unfaithfully
- Joshua 7:1 devoted
- Joshua 7:1 Zimri, 1 Chr. 2:6
- Joshua 7:5 the people’s courage failed
- Joshua 7:7 Heb. YHWH, Lord
- Joshua 7:8 Lit. neck
- Joshua 7:11 devoted
- Joshua 7:13 set apart
- Joshua 7:15 overstepped
- Joshua 7:21 desired
- Joshua 7:26 Lit. Trouble
Joshua 7
King James Version
7 But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the Lord was kindled against the children of Israel.
2 And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Bethaven, on the east of Bethel, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai.
3 And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the people to labour thither; for they are but few.
4 So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.
5 And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.
6 And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the Lord until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads.
7 And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord God, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan!
8 O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies!
9 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?
10 And the Lord said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?
11 Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff.
12 Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you.
13 Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the Lord God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.
14 In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the Lord taketh shall come according to the families thereof; and the family which the Lord shall take shall come by households; and the household which the Lord shall take shall come man by man.
15 And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed the covenant of the Lord, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel.
16 So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken:
17 And he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zarhites: and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was taken:
18 And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.
19 And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the Lord God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me.
20 And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the Lord God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done:
21 When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.
22 So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.
23 And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them unto Joshua, and unto all the children of Israel, and laid them out before the Lord.
24 And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor.
25 And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the Lord shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.
26 And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the Lord turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.
Josue 7
Ang Pulong Sa Dios
Ang Sala ni Acan
7 Apan gilapas gayod sa mga Israelinhon ang sugo sa Ginoo nga dili manguha sa bisan unsa nga gihalad na sa hingpit sa Ginoo. Nanguha si Acan sa mga butang nga dili angay kuhaon, busa nasuko pag-ayo ang Ginoo kanila. Kini si Acan anak ni Carmi. Si Carmi anak ni Zabdi. Si Zabdi anak ni Zera. Kini sila sakop sa tribo ni Juda.
2 Gikan sa Jerico nagsugo si Josue ug mga tawo nga mangispiya sa Ai, usa ka lungsod sa sidlakang bahin sa Betel, nga duol sa Bet Aven. Busa nanglakaw ang maong mga tawo sa pagpangispiya. 3 Pagbalik nila, miingon sila kang Josue, “Dili na kinahanglang mosulong kitang tanan sa Ai, kay gamay lang ang mga lumulupyo niini. Pagpadala lang ug 2,000 o 3,000 ka mga tawo sa pagsulong niini.” 4 Busa mga 3,000 ka mga Israelinhon ang misulong sa Ai, apan gipildi sila sa mga taga-Ai. 5 Gigukod sila gikan sa pultahan sa lungsod hangtod sa Shebarim,[a] ug mga 36 kanila ang namatay samtang nagalugsong sila sa kabukiran. Busa nawad-an ug kaisog ang mga Israelinhon ug nangahadlok.
6 Tungod sa kasubo, gigisi ni Josue ug sa mga tigdumala sa Israel ang ilang mga bisti, ug gibutangan nila ug abo ang ilang mga ulo, ug mihapa sila sa atubangan sa Kahon sa Kasabotan sa Ginoo hangtod sa gabii. 7 Miingon si Josue, “O Ginoong Dios, nganong gipatabok mo pa kami sa Suba sa Jordan kon ipapildi mo man lang kami sa mga Amorihanon? Maayo pa ug nagpabilin na lang kami sa tabok sa Jordan. 8 O Ginoo, unsa na may akong isulti karon nga misibog man ang mga Israelinhon sa ilang mga kaaway? 9 Kon mabalitaan kini sa mga Canaanhon ug sa uban pa nga taga-dinhi, libotan kami nila ug pamatyon. Unsa may imong buhaton sa pagpanalipod sa imong dungog?”
10 Miingon ang Ginoo kang Josue, “Tindog! Nganong nagahapa ka man? 11 Nakasala ang Israel! Gilapas nila ang akong kasabotan. Nanguha sila sa mga butang nga gihalad na sa hingpit kanako. Gikawat nila kini, namakak sila bahin niini, ug giipon nila kini sa ilang mga kabtangan. 12 Mao kini ang hinungdan kon nganong dili sila makasukol sa ilang mga kaaway. Nanibog sila sa ilang mga kaaway tungod kay sila mismo laglagon ingon nga halad nga hingpit alang kanako. Dili na ako mouban kaninyo hangtod dili ninyo laglagon ang mga butang nga gihalad na sa hingpit kanako.[b]
13 “Tindog ug ingna ang katawhan nga manghinlo sa ilang kaugalingon alang sa pag-atubang kanako ugma tungod kay ako, ang Ginoo nga Dios sa Israel, nagaingon: ‘Kamong mga Israelinhon, may gitago kamong mga butang nga gihalad na sa hingpit kanako. Dili kamo makasukol sa inyong mga kaaway hangtod dili makuha kining mga butanga gikan kaninyo. 14 Busa ugma sa buntag, moduol kamo kanako sumala sa inyong tribo. Ang tribo nga itudlo ko nga nakasala moduol sumala sa iyang kaliwat. Ang kaliwat nga itudlo ko nga nakasala moduol sumala sa ilang pamilya. Ug ang pamilya nga itudlo ko nga nakasala moduol sa tagsa-tagsa. 15 Ang tawo nga itudlo ko nga nagtago sa mga butang nga gihalad na sa hingpit kanako sunogon uban sa iyang pamilya ug sa tanan niyang kabtangan. Kay gilapas niya ang akong kasabotan ug naghimo siyag makauulaw nga buhat sa Israel.’ ”
16 Pagkabuntag, sayo kaayong gipaduol ni Josue sa Ginoo ang mga Israelinhon sumala sa ilang tribo. Ug ang napili kanila mao ang tribo ni Juda. 17 Gipaduol niya ang tribo ni Juda, ug napili ang kaliwat ni Zera. Gipaduol niya ang mga kaliwat ni Zera, ug napili ang pamilya ni Zabdi.[c] 18 Gipaduol niya ang pamilya ni Zabdi, ug ang napili mao si Acan. (Si Acan anak ni Carmi. Si Carmi anak ni Zabdi. Ug si Zabdi anak ni Zera nga sakop sa tribo ni Juda.)
19 Miingon si Josue kang Acan, “Anak, pasidunggi ang Ginoo, ang Dios sa Israel, ug isulti ang tinuod diha sa iyang atubangan. Isulti kanako kon unsay imong nahimo. Ayaw kini itago kanako.”
20 Mitubag si Acan, “Tinuod nga nakasala ako sa Ginoo, ang Dios sa Israel. Mao kini ang akong gihimo: 21 Sa mga butang nga nailog nato, may nakita akong usa ka matahom nga bisti nga gikan sa Babilonia, salapi nga mga duha ka kilo ug tunga, ug usa ka barita nga bulawan nga mga tunga sa kilo. Naibog kaayo ako niining mga butanga, mao nga akong gikuha. Gilubong ko kini sa yuta sulod sa akong tolda, ug anaa sa kinailaloman ang salapi.”
22 Busa nagpadagan si Josue ug mga tawo ngadto sa tolda ni Acan. Ug tuod man nakita nila didto ang mga butang nga gilubong, ug ang pilak anaa sa kinailaloman. 23 Gidala nila kini ngadto kang Josue ug sa tanang mga Israelinhon, ug gibutang sa presensya sa Ginoo.
24 Unya gidala ni Josue ug sa tanang mga Israelinhon si Acan didto sa Lugut sa Acor,[d] apil ang pilak, ang bisti, ang usa ka barita nga bulawan, ang iyang mga anak, ang iyang mga baka, mga asno, mga karnero, tolda, ug ang tanan niyang kabtangan. 25 Miingon si Josue kang Acan, “Nganong gidad-an mo man kami ug kasamok? Nan, karon padalhan ka usab sa Ginoo ug kasamok.”
Unya gibato sa mga Israelinhon si Acan hangtod nga namatay. Gibato usab nila ang iyang pamilya ug gisunog ang iyang mga kabtangan. 26 Pagkahuman, gitabonan nila si Acan ug mga bato. Anaa pa kining mga batoha hangtod karon. Ug kadtong dapita gitawag nga Lugut sa Acor hangtod karon.
Unya nahupay ang kasuko sa Ginoo.
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