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The people has sinned, and transgressed the covenant which I made with them; they have stolen from the cursed thing, and put it into their store.
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And the children of Israel will not be able to stand before their enemies; they will turn their back before their enemies, for they have become an accursed thing: I will not any longer be with you, unless ye remove the cursed thing from yourselves.
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Rise, sanctify the people and tell them to sanctify themselves for the morrow: thus says the Lord God of Israel, The accursed thing is among you; ye shall not be able to stand before your enemies, until ye shall have removed the cursed thing from among you.
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And ye shall all be gathered together by your tribes in the morning, and it shall come to pass that the tribe which the Lord shall shew, ye shall bring by families; and the family which the Lord shall shew, ye shall bring by households; and the household which the Lord shall shew, ye shall bring man by man.
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And the man who shall be pointed out, shall be burnt with fire, and all that he has; because he has transgressed the covenant of the Lord, and has wrought wickedness in Israel.
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And Joshua rose up early, and brought the people by their tribes; and the tribe of Juda was pointed out.
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And it was brought by their families, and family of the Zaraites was pointed out.
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And it was brought man by man, and Achar the son of Zambri the son of Zara was pointed out.
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And Joshua said to Achar, Give glory this day to the Lord God of Israel, and make confession; and tell me what thou hast done, and hide it not from me.
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And Achar answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the Lord God of Israel: thus and thus have I done:
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I saw in the spoil an embroidered mantle, and two hundred didrachms of silver, and one golden wedge of fifty didrachms, and I desired them and took them; and, behold, they are hid in my tent, and the silver is hid under them.