Joshua 7 (NET)

Joshua 7:1¹But the Israelites disobeyed the command about the city’s riches. Achan son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, stole some of the riches. The Lord was furious with the Israelites.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 22:20Eccl 9:181 Chr 2:6-71 Chr 21:7Josh 22:18Josh 7:20-21Jonah 1:7Josh 22:16Josh 6:17-181 Cor 5:1-6

Joshua 7:2²Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai (which is located near Beth Aven, east of Bethel) and instructed them, “Go up and spy on the land.” So the men went up and spied on Ai.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 18:121 Sam 13:51 Sam 14:23Hos 4:15Gen 12:8Matt 10:16Prov 20:18Prov 24:6Eph 5:15Gen 28:19

Joshua 7:3³They returned and reported to Joshua, “Don’t send the whole army. About two or three thousand men are adequate to defeat Ai. Don’t tire out the whole army, for Ai is small.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 6:11-122 Pet 1:102 Pet 1:5Heb 4:11Luke 13:24Prov 13:4Prov 21:25

Joshua 7:4⁴So about 3,000 men went up, but they fled from the men of Ai.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 28:25Lev 26:17Deut 32:30Isa 30:17Isa 59:2

Joshua 7:5⁵The men of Ai killed about thirty-six of them and chased them from in front of the city gate all the way to the fissures and defeated them on the steep slope. The people’s courage melted away like water.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 2:11Josh 2:9Lev 26:36Deut 1:44Ezek 21:7Isa 13:7Josh 5:1Nah 2:10Ps 22:14

Joshua 7:6⁶Joshua tore his clothes; he and the leaders of Israel lay face down on the ground before the ark of the Lord until evening and threw dirt on their heads.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 37:29Gen 37:342 Sam 13:31Lam 2:10Num 14:6Rev 18:19Acts 14:14Esth 4:1Job 1:20Job 2:12

Joshua 7:7⁷Joshua prayed, “O, Sovereign Lord! Why did you bring these people across the Jordan to hand us over to the Amorites so they could destroy us? If only we had been satisfied to live on the other side of the Jordan!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 12:52 Kgs 3:10Exod 14:11-12Exod 16:3Exod 17:3Exod 5:22-23Jer 12:1-2Josh 1:2-4Mark 8:17-18Matt 17:17

Joshua 7:8⁸O Lord, what can I say now that Israel has retreated before its enemies?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 3:5-6Ezra 9:10Hab 2:1

Joshua 7:9⁹When the Canaanites and all who live in the land hear about this, they will turn against us and destroy the very memory of us from the earth. What will you do to protect your great reputation?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 32:12Ezek 36:22-23Ps 83:4John 12:28Deut 9:28Joel 2:17Num 14:13Ps 124:2-3Deut 32:26-27Ezek 20:9

Joshua 7:10¹⁰The Lord responded to Joshua, “Get up! Why are you lying there face down?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 16:1Exod 14:151 Chr 22:161 Sam 15:22

Joshua 7:11¹¹Israel has sinned; they have violated my covenantal commandment! They have taken some of the riches; they have stolen them and deceitfully put them among their own possessions.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 5:1-2Heb 4:13Josh 6:17-19Acts 5:9Josh 7:20-212 Kgs 18:122 Kgs 5:25-26Deut 17:2Hab 2:6Hos 6:7

Joshua 7:12¹²The Israelites are unable to stand before their enemies; they retreat because they have become subject to annihilation. I will no longer be with you, unless you destroy what has contaminated you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 5:4-5Isa 59:2Josh 6:18Judg 2:14Num 14:45Deut 7:26Hag 2:13-14Hab 1:13Hos 9:12Jer 23:33

Joshua 7:13¹³Get up! Ritually consecrate the people and tell them this: ‘Ritually consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, because this is what the Lord God of Israel has said, “You are contaminated, O Israel! You will not be able to stand before your enemies until you remove what is contaminating you.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lam 3:40-41Josh 3:51 Cor 5:11-13Matt 7:5Josh 6:18Josh 7:111 Cor 5:1-62 Chr 28:10Exod 19:10-15Zeph 2:1-2

Joshua 7:14¹⁴In the morning you must approach in tribal order. The tribe the Lord selects must approach by clans. The clan the Lord selects must approach by families. The family the Lord selects must approach man by man.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 16:33Jonah 1:7Josh 7:17-181 Sam 10:19-211 Sam 14:38-42Acts 1:24-26

Joshua 7:15¹⁵The one caught with the riches must be burned up along with all who belong to him, because he violated the Lord ’s covenant and did such a disgraceful thing in Israel.’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 34:71 Sam 14:38-39Judg 20:6Deut 13:15-16Josh 7:25-261 Sam 26:212 Sam 13:13Josh 7:11

Joshua 7:16¹⁶Bright and early the next morning Joshua made Israel approach in tribal order, and the tribe of Judah was selected.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 9:10Gen 22:3Josh 3:1Ps 119:60

Joshua 7:17¹⁷He then made the clans of Judah approach, and the clan of the Zerahites was selected. He made the clan of the Zerahites approach, and Zabdi was selected.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Num 26:201 Chr 2:4-7Gen 38:30

Joshua 7:18¹⁸He then made Zabdi’s family approach man by man and Achan son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, was selected.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Num 32:23Acts 5:1-101 Sam 14:42Jer 2:26Prov 13:21

Joshua 7:19¹⁹So Joshua said to Achan, “My son, honor the Lord God of Israel and give him praise! Tell me what you did; don’t hide anything from me.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 6:5Jer 13:16John 9:241 Sam 14:432 Chr 30:22Dan 9:41 John 1:8-10Num 5:6-7Prov 28:13Ps 32:5

Joshua 7:20²⁰Achan told Joshua, “It is true. I have sinned against the Lord God of Israel in this way:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 38:181 Sam 15:241 Sam 15:30Exod 10:16Gen 42:21Job 33:27Job 7:20Matt 27:4Num 22:34

Joshua 7:21²¹I saw among the goods we seized a nice robe from Babylon, 200 silver pieces, and a bar of gold weighing 50 shekels. I wanted them, so I took them. They are hidden in the ground right in the middle of my tent, with the silver underneath.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jas 1:151 John 2:15-16Luke 12:15Ps 119:372 Pet 2:15Deut 7:251 Kgs 21:1-21 Tim 6:9-102 Kgs 5:20-272 Sam 11:2

Joshua 7:22²²Joshua sent messengers who ran to the tent. The things were hidden right in his tent, with the silver underneath.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Joshua 7:23²³They took it all from the middle of the tent, brought it to Joshua and all the Israelites, and placed it before the Lord.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Joshua 7:24²⁴Then Joshua and all Israel took Achan, son of Zerah, along with the silver, the robe, the bar of gold, his sons, daughters, oxen, donkeys, sheep, tent, and all that belonged to him and brought them up to the Valley of Disaster.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 15:271 Tim 6:9-10Exod 20:5Hos 2:15Isa 65:10Josh 15:7Josh 7:26Num 16:27-31Eccl 5:13Ezek 22:13-14

Joshua 7:25²⁵Joshua said, “Why have you brought disaster on us? The Lord will bring disaster on you today!” All Israel stoned him to death. (They also stoned and burned the others.)Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 6:181 Chr 2:7Deut 17:5Lev 24:14Josh 7:11-13Lev 20:21 Kgs 18:17-182 Thess 1:6Deut 13:10Deut 21:21

Joshua 7:26²⁶Then they erected over him a large pile of stones (it remains to this very day ) and the Lord ’s anger subsided. So that place is called the Valley of Disaster to this very day.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hos 2:15Isa 65:10Deut 13:172 Sam 18:17Josh 7:24Josh 8:29Lam 3:532 Sam 21:14Isa 40:2Joel 2:13