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World English Bible

Joshua 7 (WEBP)

[1] But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the devoted things; for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of the devoted things. Therefore Yahweh’s anger burned against the children of Israel.
[2] 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 land.” The men went up and spied out Ai.
[3] They returned to Joshua, and said to him, “Don’t let all the people go up, but let about two or three thousand men go up and strike Ai. Don’t make all the people to toil there, for there are only a few of them.”
[4] So about three thousand men of the people went up there, and they fled before the men of Ai.
[5] The men of Ai struck about thirty-six men of them. They chased them from before the gate even to Shebarim, and struck them at the descent. The hearts of the people melted, and became like water.
[6] Joshua tore his clothes, and fell to the earth on his face before Yahweh’s ark until the evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust on their heads.
[7] Joshua said, “Alas, Lord Yahweh, why have you brought this people over the Jordan at all, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to cause us to perish? I wish that we had been content and lived beyond the Jordan!
[8] Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after Israel has turned their backs before their enemies?
[9] For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it, and will surround us, and cut off our name from the earth. What will you do for your great name?”
[10] Yahweh said to Joshua, “Get up! Why have you fallen on your face like that?
[11] Israel has sinned. Yes, they have even transgressed my covenant which I commanded them. Yes, they have even taken some of the devoted things, and have also stolen, and also deceived. They have even put it among their own stuff.
[12] Therefore the children of Israel can’t stand before their enemies. They turn their backs before their enemies, because they have become devoted for destruction. I will not be with you any more, unless you destroy the devoted things from among you.
[13] Get up! Sanctify the people, and say, ‘Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow, for Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, “There is a devoted thing among you, Israel. You cannot stand before your enemies until you take away the devoted thing from among you.”
[14] In the morning therefore you shall be brought near by your tribes. It shall be that the tribe which Yahweh selects shall come near by families. The family which Yahweh selects shall come near by households. The household which Yahweh selects shall come near man by man.
[15] It shall be, that he who is taken with the devoted thing shall be burned with fire, he and all that he has, because he has transgressed Yahweh’s covenant, and because he has done a disgraceful thing in Israel.’”
[16] So Joshua rose up early in the morning and brought Israel near by their tribes. The tribe of Judah was selected.
[17] He brought near the family of Judah, and he selected the family of the Zerahites. He brought near the family of the Zerahites man by man, and Zabdi was selected.
[18] He brought near 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 selected.
[19] Joshua said to Achan, “My son, please give glory to Yahweh, the God of Israel, and make confession to him. Tell me now what you have done! Don’t hide it from me!”
[20] Achan answered Joshua, and said, “I have truly sinned against Yahweh, the God of Israel, and this is what I have done.
[21] When I saw among the plunder a beautiful Babylonian robe, two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold weighing fifty shekels, then I coveted them and took them. Behold, they are hidden in the ground in the middle of my tent, with the silver under it.”
[22] So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent. Behold, it was hidden in his tent, with the silver under it.
[23] They took them from the middle of the tent, and brought them to Joshua and to all the children of Israel. They laid them down before Yahweh.
[24] Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, the silver, the robe, the wedge of gold, his sons, his daughters, his cattle, his donkeys, his sheep, his tent, and all that he had; and they brought them up to the valley of Achor.
[25] Joshua said, “Why have you troubled us? Yahweh will trouble you today.” All Israel stoned him with stones, and they burned them with fire and stoned them with stones.
[26] They raised over him a great heap of stones that remains to this day. Yahweh turned from the fierceness of his anger. Therefore the name of that place was called “The valley of Achor” to this day.

Joshua 7:21 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Joshua 7 (KJVS)

[1] 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 Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, 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.

Joshua 7:3 Heb. about 2000 men. Or, about 3000 men
Joshua 7:5 Or, in Morad
Joshua 7:8 Heb. necks
Joshua 7:10 Heb. fallest
Joshua 7:15 Or, wickedness
Joshua 7:21 Heb. tongue
Joshua 7:23 Heb. powered
Joshua 7:26 That is, trouble

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Joshua 7 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () ἐπλημμέλησαν οἱ () υἱοὶ () Ισραηλ () πλημμέλειαν μεγάλην () καὶ () ἐνοσφίσαντο () ἀπὸ () τοῦ () ἀναθέματος· () καὶ () ἔλαβεν () Αχαρ υἱὸς () Χαρμι υἱοῦ () Ζαμβρι υἱοῦ () Ζαρα () ἐκ () τῆς () φυλῆς () Ιουδα ἀπὸ () τοῦ () ἀναθέματος· () καὶ () ἐθυμώθη () ὀργῇ () κύριος () τοῖς () υἱοῖς () Ισραηλ. ()
[2] Καὶ () ἀπέστειλεν () Ἰησοῦς () ἄνδρας () εἰς () Γαι, ἥ () ἐστιν () κατὰ () Βαιθηλ, λέγων () Κατασκέψασθε τὴν () Γαι· καὶ () ἀνέβησαν () οἱ () ἄνδρες () καὶ () κατεσκέψαντο τὴν () Γαι.
[3] Καὶ () ἀνέστρεψαν () πρὸς () Ἰησοῦν () καὶ () εἶπαν () πρὸς () αὐτόν () Μὴ () ἀναβήτω () πᾶς () ὁ () λαός, () ἀλλ’ () ὡς () δισχίλιοι () ἢ () τρισχίλιοι () ἄνδρες () ἀναβήτωσαν () καὶ () ἐκπολιορκησάτωσαν τὴν () πόλιν· () μὴ () ἀναγάγῃς () ἐκεῖ () τὸν () λαὸν () πάντα, () ὀλίγοι () γάρ () εἰσιν. ()
[4] Καὶ () ἀνέβησαν () ὡσεὶ () τρισχίλιοι () ἄνδρες () καὶ () ἔφυγον () ἀπὸ () προσώπου () τῶν () ἀνδρῶν () Γαι.
[5] Καὶ () ἀπέκτειναν () ἀπ’ () αὐτῶν () ἄνδρες () Γαι εἰς () τριάκοντα () καὶ () ἓξ () ἄνδρας () καὶ () κατεδίωξαν () αὐτοὺς () ἀπὸ () τῆς () πύλης () καὶ () συνέτριψαν () αὐτοὺς () ἐπὶ () τοῦ () καταφεροῦς· καὶ () ἐπτοήθη () ἡ () καρδία () τοῦ () λαοῦ () καὶ () ἐγένετο () ὥσπερ () ὕδωρ. ()
[6] Καὶ () διέρρηξεν () Ἰησοῦς () τὰ () ἱμάτια () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () ἔπεσεν () Ἰησοῦς () ἐπὶ () τὴν () γῆν () ἐπὶ () πρόσωπον () ἐναντίον () κυρίου () ἕως () ἑσπέρας, () αὐτὸς () καὶ () οἱ () πρεσβύτεροι () Ισραηλ, () καὶ () ἐπεβάλοντο () χοῦν () ἐπὶ () τὰς () κεφαλὰς () αὐτῶν. ()
[7] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Ἰησοῦς () Δέομαι, () κύριε, () ἵνα () τί () διεβίβασεν ὁ () παῖς () σου () τὸν () λαὸν () τοῦτον () τὸν () Ιορδάνην () παραδοῦναι () αὐτὸν () τῷ () Αμορραίῳ ἀπολέσαι () ἡμᾶς; () Καὶ () εἰ () κατεμείναμεν () καὶ () κατῳκίσθημεν παρὰ () τὸν () Ιορδάνην. ()
[8] Καὶ () τί () ἐρῶ, () ἐπεὶ () μετέβαλεν () Ισραηλ () αὐχένα ἀπέναντι () τοῦ () ἐχθροῦ () αὐτοῦ; ()
[9] Καὶ () ἀκούσας () ὁ () Χαναναῖος () καὶ () πάντες () οἱ () κατοικοῦντες () τὴν () γῆν () περικυκλώσουσιν () ἡμᾶς () καὶ () ἐκτρίψουσιν ἡμᾶς () ἀπὸ () τῆς () γῆς· () καὶ () τί () ποιήσεις () τὸ () ὄνομά () σου () τὸ () μέγα; ()
[10] Καὶ () εἶπεν () κύριος () πρὸς () Ἰησοῦν () Ἀνάστηθι· () ἵνα () τί () τοῦτο () σὺ () πέπτωκας () ἐπὶ () πρόσωπόν () σου; ()
[11] Ἡμάρτηκεν () ὁ () λαὸς () καὶ () παρέβη () τὴν () διαθήκην, () ἣν () διεθέμην () πρὸς () αὐτούς, () καὶ () κλέψαντες () ἀπὸ () τοῦ () ἀναθέματος () ἐνέβαλον () εἰς () τὰ () σκεύη () αὐτῶν. ()
[12] Οὐ () μὴ () δύνωνται () οἱ () υἱοὶ () Ισραηλ () ὑποστῆναι κατὰ () πρόσωπον () τῶν () ἐχθρῶν () αὐτῶν· () αὐχένα ἐπιστρέψουσιν () ἔναντι () τῶν () ἐχθρῶν () αὐτῶν, () ὅτι () ἐγενήθησαν () ἀνάθεμα· () οὐ () προσθήσω () ἔτι () εἶναι () μεθ’ () ὑμῶν, () ἐὰν () μὴ () ἐξάρητε () τὸ () ἀνάθεμα () ἐξ () ὑμῶν () αὐτῶν. ()
[13] Ἀναστὰς () ἁγίασον () τὸν () λαὸν () καὶ () εἰπὸν () ἁγιασθῆναι () εἰς () αὔριον· () τάδε () λέγει () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () Ισραηλ () Τὸ () ἀνάθεμα () ἐν () ὑμῖν () ἐστιν, () οὐ () δυνήσεσθε () ἀντιστῆναι () ἀπέναντι () τῶν () ἐχθρῶν () ὑμῶν, () ἕως () ἂν () ἐξάρητε () τὸ () ἀνάθεμα () ἐξ () ὑμῶν. ()
[14] Καὶ () συναχθήσεσθε () πάντες () τὸ () πρωῒ () κατὰ () φυλάς, () καὶ () ἔσται () ἡ () φυλή, () ἣν () ἂν () δείξῃ () κύριος, () προσάξετε () κατὰ () δήμους· () καὶ () τὸν () δῆμον, () ὃν () ἐὰν () δείξῃ () κύριος, () προσάξετε () κατ’ () οἶκον· () καὶ () τὸν () οἶκον, () ὃν () ἐὰν () δείξῃ () κύριος, () προσάξετε () κατ’ () ἄνδρα· ()
[15] καὶ () ὃς () ἂν () ἐνδειχθῇ, () κατακαυθήσεται () ἐν () πυρὶ () καὶ () πάντα, () ὅσα () ἐστὶν () αὐτῷ, () ὅτι () παρέβη () τὴν () διαθήκην () κυρίου () καὶ () ἐποίησεν () ἀνόμημα ἐν () Ισραηλ. ()—
[16] καὶ () ὤρθρισεν () Ἰησοῦς () καὶ () προσήγαγεν () τὸν () λαὸν () κατὰ () φυλάς, () καὶ () ἐνεδείχθη () ἡ () φυλὴ () Ιουδα·
[17] καὶ () προσήχθη () κατὰ () δήμους, () καὶ () ἐνεδείχθη () δῆμος () ὁ () Ζαραι· καὶ () προσήχθη () κατὰ () ἄνδρα, ()
[18] καὶ () ἐνεδείχθη () Αχαρ υἱὸς () Ζαμβρι υἱοῦ () Ζαρα. ()
[19] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Ἰησοῦς () τῷ () Αχαρ Δὸς () δόξαν () σήμερον () τῷ () κυρίῳ () θεῷ () Ισραηλ () καὶ () δὸς () τὴν () ἐξομολόγησιν καὶ () ἀνάγγειλόν () μοι () τί () ἐποίησας, () καὶ () μὴ () κρύψῃς () ἀπ’ () ἐμοῦ. ()
[20] Καὶ () ἀπεκρίθη () Αχαρ τῷ () Ἰησοῖ () καὶ () εἶπεν () Ἀληθῶς () ἥμαρτον () ἐναντίον () κυρίου () θεοῦ () Ισραηλ· () οὕτως () καὶ () οὕτως () ἐποίησα· ()
[21] εἶδον () ἐν () τῇ () προνομῇ ψιλὴν ποικίλην () καλὴν () καὶ () διακόσια () δίδραχμα () ἀργυρίου () καὶ () γλῶσσαν () μίαν () χρυσῆν () πεντήκοντα () διδράχμων () καὶ () ἐνθυμηθεὶς () αὐτῶν () ἔλαβον, () καὶ () ἰδοὺ () αὐτὰ () ἐγκέκρυπται () ἐν () τῇ () γῇ () ἐν () τῇ () σκηνῇ () μου, () καὶ () τὸ () ἀργύριον () κέκρυπται () ὑποκάτω () αὐτῶν. ()
[22] Καὶ () ἀπέστειλεν () Ἰησοῦς () ἀγγέλους, () καὶ () ἔδραμον () εἰς () τὴν () σκηνὴν () εἰς () τὴν () παρεμβολήν· () καὶ () ταῦτα () ἦν () ἐγκεκρυμμένα () εἰς () τὴν () σκηνήν, () καὶ () τὸ () ἀργύριον () ὑποκάτω () αὐτῶν. ()
[23] Καὶ () ἐξήνεγκαν () αὐτὰ () ἐκ () τῆς () σκηνῆς () καὶ () ἤνεγκαν () πρὸς () Ἰησοῦν () καὶ () τοὺς () πρεσβυτέρους () Ισραηλ, () καὶ () ἔθηκαν () αὐτὰ () ἔναντι () κυρίου. ()
[24] Καὶ () ἔλαβεν () Ἰησοῦς () τὸν () Αχαρ υἱὸν () Ζαρα () καὶ () ἀνήγαγεν () αὐτὸν () εἰς () φάραγγα () Αχωρ καὶ () τοὺς () υἱοὺς () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () τὰς () θυγατέρας () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () τοὺς () μόσχους () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () τὰ () ὑποζύγια () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () πάντα () τὰ () πρόβατα () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () τὴν () σκηνὴν () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () πάντα () τὰ () ὑπάρχοντα () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () πᾶς () ὁ () λαὸς () μετ’ () αὐτοῦ· () καὶ () ἀνήγαγεν () αὐτοὺς () εἰς () Εμεκαχωρ.
[25] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Ἰησοῦς () τῷ () Αχαρ Τί () ὠλέθρευσας () ἡμᾶς; () Ἐξολεθρεύσαι () σε () κύριος () καθὰ () καὶ () σήμερον. () Καὶ () ἐλιθοβόλησαν () αὐτὸν () λίθοις () πᾶς () Ισραηλ. ()
[26] Καὶ () ἐπέστησαν () αὐτῷ () σωρὸν λίθων () μέγαν. () Καὶ () ἐπαύσατο () κύριος () τοῦ () θυμοῦ () τῆς () ὀργῆς. () Διὰ () τοῦτο () ἐπωνόμασεν () αὐτὸ () Εμεκαχωρ ἕως () τῆς () ἡμέρας () ταύτης. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.