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"OLord, what can I saysinceIsrael has turned their backbefore their enemies?
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"1For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it, and they will surround us and cutoff our name from the earth. And what will You do for Your greatname?"
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So the LORDsaid to Joshua, "Rise up! Why is it that you have fallen on your face?
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"Israel has sinned, and 2they have alsotransgressed My covenantwhich I commanded them. And they have eventakensome of the thingsunder the ban and have bothstolen and deceived. Moreover, they have alsoput them among their own things.
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"Therefore the 3sons of Israelcannot*standbefore their enemies; they turn their backsbefore their enemies, for they have becomeaccursed. I will not be with you anymoreunless* you destroy the thingsunder the ban from your midst.
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"Rise up! 4Consecrate the people and say, 'Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, for thus the LORD, the God of Israel, has said, "5There are thingsunder the ban in your midst, O Israel. You cannot*standbefore your enemiesuntil you have removed the thingsunder the ban from your midst."
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'In the morning then you shall comenear by your tribes. And it shall be that the tribewhich6the LORDtakes by lot shall comenear by families, and the familywhich the LORDtakes shall comenear by households, and the householdwhich the LORDtakes shall comenearman by man.
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'7It shall be that the one who is taken with the thingsunder the ban shall be burned with fire, he and all that belongs to him, because he has transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he 8has committed a disgracefulthing in Israel.' "
The Sin of Achan
16 So Joshuaaroseearly in the morning and broughtIsraelnear by tribes, and the tribe of Judah was taken.
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He brought the family of Judahnear, and he took the family of the Zerahites; and he brought the family of the Zerahitesnearman by man, and Zabdi was taken.
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He brought his householdnearman by man; and 9Achan, son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, was taken.