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.
1 filii autem Israhel praevaricati sunt mandatum
et usurpaverunt de anathemate
nam Achan filius Charmi filii Zabdi filii Zare de tribu Iuda
tulit aliquid de anathemate
iratusque est Dominus contra filios Israhel
2 cumque mitteret Iosue de Hiericho viros contra Ahi
quae est iuxta Bethaven ad orientalem plagam oppidi Bethel
dixit eis ascendite et explorate terram
qui praecepta conplentes exploraverunt Ahi
3 et reversi dixerunt ei non ascendat omnis populus
sed duo vel tria milia virorum pergant et deleant civitatem
quare omnis populus frustra vexatur
contra hostes paucissimos
4 ascenderunt ergo tria milia pugnatores
qui statim terga vertentes
5 percussi sunt a viris urbis Ahi
et corruerunt ex eis triginta et sex homines
persecutique sunt eos adversarii de porta usque Sabarim
et ceciderunt per prona fugientes
pertimuitque cor populi et instar aquae liquefactum est
6 Iosue vero scidit vestimenta sua
et cecidit pronus in terram
coram arca Domini usque ad vesperum
tam ipse quam omnes senes Israhel
miseruntque pulverem super capita sua
7 et dixit Iosue heu Domine Deus
quid voluisti transducere populum istum Iordanem fluvium
ut traderes nos in manus Amorrei et perderes
utinam ut coepimus mansissemus trans Iordanem
8 mi Domine Deus quid dicam
videns Israhelem hostibus suis terga vertentem
9 audient Chananei et omnes habitatores terrae
ac pariter conglobati circumdabunt nos
atque delebunt nomen nostrum de terra
et quid facies magno nomini tuo
10 dixitque Dominus ad Iosue
surge cur iaces pronus in terra
11 peccavit Israhel et praevaricatus est pactum meum
tuleruntque de anathemate et furati sunt atque mentiti
et absconderunt inter vasa sua
12 nec poterit Israhel stare ante hostes suos eosque fugiet
quia pollutus est anathemate
non ero ultra vobiscum
donec conteratis eum qui huius sceleris reus est
13 surge sanctifica populum et dic eis
sanctificamini in crastinum
haec enim dicit Dominus Deus Israhel
anathema in medio tui est Israhel
non poteris stare coram hostibus tuis
donec deleatur ex te qui hoc contaminatus est scelere
14 accedetisque mane singuli per tribus vestras
et quamcumque tribum sors invenerit
accedet per cognationes suas
et cognatio per domos domusque per viros
15 et quicumque ille in hoc facinore fuerit deprehensus
conburetur igni cum omni substantia sua
quoniam praevaricatus est pactum Domini et fecit nefas in Israhel
16 surgens itaque Iosue mane adplicavit Israhel per tribus
suas
et inventa est tribus Iuda
17 quae cum iuxta familias suas esset oblata
inventa est familia Zarai
illam quoque per viros offerens repperit Zabdi
18 cuius domum in singulos dividens viros
invenit Achan filium Charmi filii Zabdi filii Zare de tribu Iuda
19 et ait ad Achan
fili mi da gloriam Domino Deo Israhel
et confitere atque indica mihi quid feceris ne abscondas
20 responditque Achan Iosue et dixit ei
vere ego peccavi Domino Deo Israhel et sic et sic feci
21 vidi enim inter spolia pallium coccineum valde bonum
et ducentos siclos argenti
regulamque auream quinquaginta siclorum
et concupiscens abstuli
et abscondi in terra contra medium tabernaculi mei
argentumque fossa humo operui
22 misit ergo Iosue ministros
qui currentes ad tabernaculum illius
reppererunt cuncta abscondita in eodem loco et argentum simul
23 auferentesque de tentorio tulerunt ea ad Iosue et ad omnes filios
Israhel
proieceruntque ante Dominum
24 tollens itaque Iosue Achan filium Zare
argentumque et pallium et auream regulam
filiosque eius et filias boves et
asinos et oves
ipsumque tabernaculum et cunctam supellectilem
et omnis Israhel cum eo duxerunt eos ad vallem Achor
25 ubi dixit Iosue
quia turbasti nos exturbet te Dominus in die hac
lapidavitque eum omnis Israhel
et cuncta quae illius erant igne consumpta sunt
26 congregaverunt quoque super eum acervum magnum lapidum
qui permanet usque in praesentem diem
et aversus est furor Domini ab eis
vocatumque est nomen loci illius vallis Achor usque hodie