Joshua 7:24

And Joshua took Achar the son of Zara, and brought him to the valley of Achor, and his sons, and his daughters, and his calves, and his asses, and all his sheep, and his tent, and all his property, and all the people were with him; and he brought them to + 7:24 Heb. עמק עכור valley of trouble.Emec Achor.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor.

In Context

23And they brought them out of the tent, and brought them to Joshua and the elders of Israel, and they laid them before the Lord.

25And Joshua said to Achar, Why hast thou destroyed us? the Lord destroy thee + 7:25 Gr. as also to-day.as at this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones.

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Cross References

Genesis 18:25By no means shalt thou do as this thing is so as to destroy the righteous with the wicked, so the righteous shall be as the wicked: by no means. Thou that judgest the whole earth, shalt thou not do right?

Numbers 16:27And they stood aloof from the tent of Core round about; and Dathan and Abiron went forth and stood by the doors of their tents, and their wives and their children and their store.

Joshua 6:21and Joshua devoted it to destruction, and all things that were in the city, man and woman, young man and old, and calf and ass, with the + 6:21 Gr. mouth.edge of the sword.

Joshua 7:26And they set up over him a great heap of stones; and the Lord ceased from his fierce anger. Therefore he called + 7:26 Gr. it.the place Emecachor until this day.

Joshua 22:20Lo! did not Achar the son of Zara commit a trespass taking of the accursed thing, and there was wrath on the whole congregation of Israel? and he himself died alone in his own sin.

Job 20:23If by any means he would fill his belly, let God send upon him the fury of wrath; let him bring a torrent of pains upon him.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 7:17-26

Achan's Arraignment; Achan's Confession; The Execution of Achan. ( b. c. 1451.) 16 So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken: 17 And he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zarhites: and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was taken: 18 And he brought 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. 19 And Joshua said unto… Read the whole commentary →

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