1But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the devoted thing; for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of the devoted thing: and the anger of Yehovah was kindled against the children of Israel. 2And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and spoke to them, saying, Go up and spy out the land. And the men went up and spied out Ai. 3And they returned to Joshua, and said to him, Do not let all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and strike Ai; do not make all the people toil there; for they are few. 4So about three thousand men of the people went up there: and they fled before the men of Ai. 5And the men of Ai struck down about thirty-six of their men; and they chased them from before the gate even to Shebarim, and struck them at the descent: and the hearts of the people melted, and became like water. 6And Joshua tore his clothes, and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of Yehovah until the evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust on their heads. 7And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord Yehovah, why have you brought this people over the Jordan at all, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to cause us to perish? would that we had been content and dwelt beyond the Jordan! 8Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after Israel has turned their backs before their enemies! 9For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it, and will surround us, and cut off our name from the earth: and what will you do for your great name? 10And Yehovah said to Joshua, Get up; why have you fallen thus on your face? 11Israel has sinned; yes, they have even transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: yes, they have even taken some of the devoted thing, and have also stolen, and also deceived; and they have even put it among their own belongings. 12Therefore the children of Israel cannot stand before their enemies; they turn their backs before their enemies, because they have become accursed: I will not be with you any more, unless you destroy the devoted thing from among you. 13Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow: for thus says Yehovah, the God of Israel, There is a devoted thing in the midst of you, O Israel; you cannot stand before your enemies, until you take away the devoted thing from among you. 14In the morning therefore you shall be brought near by your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which Yehovah takes shall come near by families; and the family which Yehovah takes shall come near by households; and the household which Yehovah takes shall come near man by man. 15And it shall be, that he who is taken with the devoted thing shall be burned with fire, he and all that he has; because he has transgressed the covenant of Yehovah, and because he has committed folly in Israel. 16So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel near by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken: 17and he brought near the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zerahites: and he brought near the family of the Zerahites man by man; and Zabdi was taken: 18and he brought near 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. 19And Joshua said to Achan, My son, please give glory to Yehovah, the God of Israel, and make confession to him; and tell me now what you have done; do not hide it from me. 20And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Truly I have sinned against Yehovah, the God of Israel, and thus and thus I have done: 21when I saw among the spoil a goodly Babylonian mantle, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hidden in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it. 22So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent; and, behold, it was hidden in his tent, and the silver under it. 23And they took them from the midst of the tent, and brought them to Joshua, and to all the children of Israel; and they laid them down before Yehovah. 24And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the mantle, and the bar of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his donkeys, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them up to the valley of Achor. 25And Joshua said, Why have you troubled us? Yehovah shall trouble you this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones; and they burned them with fire, and stoned them with stones. 26And they raised over him a great heap of stones, to this day; and Yehovah turned from the fierceness of his anger. Therefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, to this day.