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Josh. 7:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But the children of Israel committed a trespasse in the accursed thing: for νAchan, the son of Carmi, the son of πZabdi, 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.

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Josh. 7:20‑21• ²⁰And Achan answered Joshua and said, Indeed I have sinned against Jehovah the God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done.
²¹I saw among the spoils a beautiful mantle of Shinar, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a golden bar of fifty shekels weight, and 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. (Josh. 7:20‑21)

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or Achar,

1 Chron. 2:7• ⁷And the sons of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the accursed thing. (1 Chron. 2:7)

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or, Zimri,

1 Chron. 2:6• ⁶And the sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all. (1 Chron. 2:6)

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-5: The Israelites are smitten at Ai.

6-9: Joshua's complaint.

10-15: God instructs him what to do.

16-18: Achan is taken by the lot.

19-23: His confession.

24-26: He and all he had are destroyed in the valley of Achor.

committed.

Josh. 7:20‑21• ²⁰And Achan answered Joshua and said, Indeed I have sinned against Jehovah the God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done.
²¹I saw among the spoils a beautiful mantle of Shinar, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a golden bar of fifty shekels weight, and 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. (Josh. 7:20‑21)

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Josh. 22:16• ¹⁶Thus saith the whole assembly of Jehovah: What wickedness is this which ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following Jehovah, in that ye have built yourselves an altar, rebelling this day against Jehovah? (Josh. 22:16)

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2 Chron. 24:18• ¹⁸And they forsook the house of Jehovah the God of their fathers, and served the Asherahs and idols; and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass. (2 Chron. 24:18)

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Ezra 9:6• ⁶and said: O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God; for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up to the heavens. (Ezra 9:6)

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Dan. 9:7• ⁷Thine, O Lord, is the righteousness, but unto us confusion of face, as at this day, to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, in all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their unfaithfulness in which they have been unfaithful against thee. (Dan. 9:7)

for Achan.

Josh. 22:20• ²⁰Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing? and wrath fell on all the assembly of Israel, and he perished not alone in his iniquity. (Josh. 22:20)

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1 Chron. 2:6‑7• ⁶And the sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.
⁷And the sons of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the accursed thing. (1 Chron. 2:6‑7)

Achar, Zimri.

took.

Josh. 6:17‑18• ¹⁷And the city shall be accursed, it and all that is in it, to Jehovah; only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.
¹⁸But in any wise keep from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed in taking of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it. (Josh. 6:17‑18)

the anger.

Josh. 22:18• ¹⁸And ye turn away this day from following Jehovah; and it will be, that since ye rebel this day against Jehovah, to-morrow he will be wroth with the whole assembly of Israel. (Josh. 22:18)

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2 Sam. 24:1• ¹And again the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them saying, Go, number Israel and Judah. (2 Sam. 24:1)

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1 Chron. 21:7• ⁷And God was displeased on account of this thing, and he smote Israel. (1 Chron. 21:7)

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Eccl. 9:18• ¹⁸Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroyeth much good. (Eccl. 9:18)

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Jonah 1:7• ⁷And they said each one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. And they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah. (Jonah 1:7)

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1 Cor. 5:1‑6• ¹It is universally reported that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not even among the nations, so that one should have his father's wife.
²And *ye* are puffed up, and ye have not rather mourned, in order that he that has done this deed might be taken away out of the midst of you.
³For *I*, as absent in body but present in spirit, have already judged as present,
⁴to deliver, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ (ye and my spirit being gathered together, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ), him that has so wrought this:
⁵to deliver him, I say, being such, to Satan for destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
⁶Your boasting is not good. Do ye not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? (1 Cor. 5:1‑6)

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Heb. 12:15‑16• ¹⁵watching lest there be any one who lacks the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and many be defiled by it;
¹⁶lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one meal sold his birthright; (Heb. 12:15‑16)

• {v.1-26} That the Lord may punish the whole congregation, if the sin lie undetected, we know; for He did so in Achan. That is, the power belonging to a state in which God is ungrieved, is enfeebled and lost, and where conscience is awake and the heart interested in the blessing of God’s people, this leads to search out the cause. But this is connected with the government of God; the imputation of sin as guilt is another matter, but sin in itself has always its own character with God. “Israel,” said He, “hath sinned”; but Achan only suffers when the evil is known and purged, and blessing returns, though with much greater difficulty. The truth is, that He who knows how to unite general government with particular judgment, even where there is general faithfulness, puts in evidence individual evil, or permits it not (a yet higher and happier case); and, on the other hand, can employ the sin of the individual as a means of chastening the whole. (“Leviticus 4-7” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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But the children of Israel committed unfaithfulness in that which had been brought under the curse: 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 Jehovah was kindled against the children of Israel.