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262 Book of Josue

7 And Josue said: Alas, O Lord God, why tribe of Juda was found.
wouldst thou bring this people over the river Jor- 17 Which being brought by in families, it was
dan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorrhite, found to be the family of Zare. Bringing that
and to destroy us? would God we had stayed be- also by the houses, he found it to be Zabdi:
yond the Jordan, as we began. 18 And bringing his house man by man, he
8 My Lord God, what shall I say, seeing Israel found Achan, the son of Charmi, the son of
turning their backs to their enemies? Zabdi, the son of Zare, of the tribe of Juda.
9 The Chanaanites, and all the inhabitants 19 And Josue said to Achan: My son, give
of the land, will hear of it, and being gathered glory to the Lord God of Israel, and confess, and
together will surround us, and cut off our name tell me what thou hast done, hide it not.
from the earth: and what wilt thou do to thy 20 And Achan answered Josue, and said to
great name? him: Indeed I have sinned against the Lord, the
10 And the Lord said to Josue: Arise, why God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done.
liest thou flat on the ground? 21 For I saw among the spoils a scarlet gar-
11 Israel hath sinned, and transgressed my ment, exceeding good, and two hundred sicles of
covenant: and they have taken of the anathema, silver, and a golden rule of fifty sicles: and I cov-
and have stolen and lied, and have hid it among eted them, and I took them away, and hid them
their goods. in the ground in the midst of my tent, and the
12 Neither can Israel stand before his enemies, silver I covered with the earth that I dug up.
but he shall flee from them: because he is defiled 22 Josue therefore sent ministers: who run-
with the anathema. I will be no more with you, ning to his tent, found all hid in the same place,
till you destroy him that is guilty of this wicked- together with the silver.
ness. 23 And taking them away out of the tent, they
13 Arise, sanctify the people, and say to them: brought them to Josue, and to all the children
Be ye sanctified against tomorrow: for thus saith of Israel, and threw them down before the Lord.
the Lord God of Israel: The curse is in the midst 24 Then Josue, and all Israel with him, took
of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thy Achan, the son of Zare, and the silver, and the
enemies, till he be destroyed out of thee, that is garment, and the golden rule, his sons also, and
defiled with this wickedness. his daughters, his oxen, and asses, and sheep, the
14 And you shall come in the morning, every tent also, and all the goods: and brought them
one by your tribes: and what tribe soever the lot to the valley of Achor:
shall find, it shall come by its kindreds, and the 25 Where Josue said: Because thou hast trou-
kindred by its houses and tho house by the men. bled us, the Lord trouble thee this day. And all
15 And whosoever he be that shall be found Israel stoned him: and all things that were his,
guilty of this fact, he shall be burnt with fire, were consumed with fire.
with all his substance, because he hath trans- 26 And they gathered together upon him a
gressed the covenant of the Lord, and hath done great heap of stones, which remaineth until this
wickedness in Israel. present day And the wrath of the Lord was
16 Josue, therefore, when he rose in the morn- turned away from them. And the name of that
ing, made Israel to come by their tribes, and the place was called the Valley of Achor, until this