Dual Panel1But the Israelites <03478> <01121> disobeyed <04603> the command <04604> about the city’s riches <02764>. Achan <05912> son <01121> of Carmi <03756>, son <01121> of Zabdi <02067>, son <01121> of Zerah <02226>, from the tribe <04294> of Judah <03063>, stole <03947> some <04480> of the riches <02764>. The Lord <03068> was furious <0639> <02734> with the Israelites <03478> <01121>.
2Joshua <03091> sent <07971> men <0376> from Jericho <03405> to Ai <05857> (which <0834> is located near <05973> Beth Aven <01007>, east <06924> of Bethel <01008>) and instructed <0559> them, “Go up <05927> and spy <07270> on the land <0776>.” So the men <0376> went up <05927> and spied <07270> on Ai <05857>.
3They returned <07725> and reported <0559> to <0413> Joshua <03091>, “Don’t <0408> send <05927> the whole <03605> army <05971>. About two or <0176> three <07969> thousand <0505> <0505> men <0376> are adequate to defeat <05221> <05927> Ai <05857>. Don’t <0408> tire out <03021> the whole <03605> army <05971>, for <03588> Ai <01992> is small <04592>.”
4So <05927> about <08033> three <07969> thousand <0505> men <0376> went up <05927>, but they fled <05127> from the men <0376> of Ai <05857>.
5The men <0582> of Ai <05857> killed <05221> about thirty-six <08337> <07970> of them <01992> and chased <07291> them <0376> from in front <06440> of the city gate <08179> all the way <05704> to the fissures <07671> and defeated <05221> them on the steep slope <04174>. The people’s <05971> courage <03824> melted away <04549> like <01961> water <04325>.
6Joshua <03091> tore <07167> his clothes <08071>; he and the leaders <02205> of Israel <03478> lay <05307> face <06440> down <05307> on <05921> the ground <0776> before <06440> the ark <0727> of the Lord <03068> until <05704> evening <06153> and threw <05927> dirt <06083> on <05921> their heads <07218>.
7Joshua <03091> prayed <0559>, “O <0162>, Master <0136>, Lord <03069>! Why <04100> did you bring <05674> these <02088> people <05971> across <05674> the Jordan <03383> to hand <03027> <05414> us over <03027> <05414> to the Amorites <0567> so they could destroy <06> us?
8If only we had been satisfied to live on the other side of the Jordan! O <0994> Lord <0136>, what <04100> can I say <0559> now <0310> that <0834> Israel <03478> has retreated <06203> <02015> before <06440> its enemies <0341>?
9When the Canaanites <03669> and all <03605> who live <03427> in the land <0776> hear <08085> about this, they will turn <05437> against <05921> us and destroy <03772> the very memory <08034> of us from <04480> the earth <0776>. What <04100> will you do <06213> to protect your great <01419> reputation <08034>?”
10The Lord <03068> responded <0559> to <0413> Joshua <03091>, “Get up <06965>! Why <04100> are you <0859> lying <05307> there face <06440> down <05307>?
11Israel <03478> has sinned <02398>; they have violated <05674> my covenantal <01285> commandment <06680>! They have taken <03947> some of <04480> the riches <02764>; they have stolen <01589> them and <01571> deceitfully <03584> put <07760> them among their own possessions <03627>.
12The Israelites <03478> <01121> are unable <03201> <03808> to stand <06965> before <06440> their enemies <0341>; they retreat <06437> <06203> because <03588> they have become <01961> subject to annihilation <02764>. I will no <03808> longer <03254> be <01961> with <05973> you, unless <03808> <0518> you destroy <08045> what has contaminated <02764> you.
13Get up <06965>! Ritually consecrate <06942> the people <05971> and tell <0559> them this: ‘Ritually consecrate <06942> yourselves for tomorrow <04279>, because <03588> the Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> says, “You are contaminated <07130> <02764>, O Israel <03478>! You will not <03808> be able <03201> to stand <06965> before <06440> your enemies <0341> until <05704> you remove <05493> what is contaminating <02764> you.”
14In the morning <01242> you must approach <07126> in tribal <07626> order. The tribe <07626> the Lord <03068> selects <03920> must approach <07126> by clans <04940>. The clan <04940> the Lord <03068> selects <03920> must approach <07126> by families <01004>. The family <01004> the Lord <03068> selects <03920> must approach <07126> man by man <01397>.
15The one caught <03920> with the riches <02764> must be burned up <08313> along with all <03605> who <0834> belong to him, because <03588> he violated <05674> the Lord’s <03068> covenant <01285> and did <06213> such a disgraceful thing <05039> in Israel <03478>.’”
16Bright and early <07925> the next morning <01242> Joshua <03091> made Israel <03478> approach <07126> in tribal <07626> order and the tribe <07626> of Judah <03063> was selected <03920>.
17He then made <07126> the clans <04940> of Judah <03063> approach and the clan of the Zerahites <02227> was selected <03920>. He made the clan <04940> <04940> of the Zerahites <01397> <02227> approach <07126> and Zabdi <02067> was selected <03920>.
18He then made Zabdi’s family <01004> approach <07126> man <01397> by man and Achan <05912> son <01121> of Carmi <03756>, son <01121> of Zabdi <02067>, son <01121> of Zerah <02226>, from the tribe <04294> of Judah <03063>, was selected <03920>.
19So Joshua <03091> said <0559> to <0413> Achan <05912>, “My son <01121>, honor <03519> <07760> the Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> and give <05414> him praise <08426>! Tell <05046> me what <04100> you did <06213>; don’t <0408> hide <03582> anything from <04480> me!”
20Achan <05912> told <06030> Joshua <03091>, “It is true <0546>. I <0595> have sinned <02398> against the Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> in this <02063> way:
21I saw <07200> among the goods <07998> we seized <07998> a <0259> nice <02896> robe <0155> from Babylon <08152>, two hundred <03967> silver <03701> pieces <08255>, and a <0259> bar <03956> of gold <02091> weighing <04948> fifty <02572> shekels <08255>. I wanted <02530> them, so <02009> I took <03947> them. They are hidden <02934> in the ground <0776> right in the middle <08432> of my tent <0168> with the silver <03701> underneath <08478>.”
22Joshua <03091> sent <07971> messengers <04397> who ran <07323> to the tent <0168>. The things were hidden <02934> right in his tent <0168>, with the silver <03701> underneath <08478>.
23They took <03947> it all from the middle <08432> of the tent <0168>, brought <0935> it to <0413> Joshua <03091> and all <03605> the Israelites <03478> <01121>, and placed <03332> it before <06440> the Lord <03068>.
24Then Joshua <03091> and all <03605> Israel <03478> took <03947> Achan <05912>, son <01121> of Zerah <02226>, along with the <0853> silver <03701>, the <0853> robe <0155>, the bar <03956> of gold <02091>, his sons <01121>, daughters <01323>, ox <07794>, donkey <02543>, sheep <06629>, tent <0168>, and all <03605> that belonged <0834> to <05973> him and brought <05927> them up <05927> to the <0853> Valley <06010> of Disaster <05911>.
25Joshua <03091> said <0559>, “Why <04100> have you brought disaster <05916> on us? The Lord <03068> will bring disaster <05916> on you today <03117>!” All <03605> Israel <03478> stoned <07275> him to death. (They also stoned <05619> and burned <08313> the others.)
26Then they erected <06965> over <05921> him a large <01419> pile <01530> of stones <068> (it remains to <05704> this <02088> very day <03117>) and the Lord’s <03068> anger <0639> <02740> subsided <07725>. So <03651> that place <04725> is <01931> called <08034> <07121> the Valley <06010> of Disaster <05911> to <05704> this <02088> very day <03117>.