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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 the Lord God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done:
²¹When 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. (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 thing accursed. (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 the Lord God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done:
²¹When 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. (Josh. 7:20‑21)

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Josh. 22:16• ¹⁶Thus saith the whole congregation of the Lord, What trespass is this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the Lord, in that ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel this day against the Lord? (Josh. 22:16)

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2 Chron. 24:18• ¹⁸And they left the house of the Lord God of their fathers, and served groves 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 unto the heavens. (Ezra 9:6)

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Dan. 9:7• ⁷O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, 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, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed 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 congregation of Israel? and that man 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 thing accursed. (1 Chron. 2:6‑7)

Achar, Zimri.

took.

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

the anger.

Josh. 22:18• ¹⁸But that ye must turn away this day from following the Lord? and it will be, seeing ye rebel to day against the Lord, that to morrow he will be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel. (Josh. 22:18)

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

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1 Chron. 21:7• ⁷And God was displeased with this thing; therefore 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 every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah. (Jonah 1:7)

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1 Cor. 5:1‑6• ¹It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife.
²And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.
³For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed,
⁴In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,
⁵To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
⁶Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? (1 Cor. 5:1‑6)

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Heb. 12:15‑16• ¹⁵Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
¹⁶Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat 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.