Joshua 7:21
Among the plunder I saw a beautiful cloak from Babylonia, two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels. I really wanted them, so I took them. They're hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver buried deeper.”
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20“It's true!” Achan replied. “I have sinned against the Lord, the God of Israel. This is what I did.
Cross References
Genesis 6:2and the sons of God saw that these women were beautiful, and they took whichever ones they wanted.
Genesis 34:27Jacob's other sons arrived, robbed the dead bodies, and looted the town where their sister had been violated.
Deuteronomy 7:25You must burn the idols of their god. Don't desire the silver and gold that covers them. Don't take it or otherwise it will be a trap for you because the Lord your God detests anything to do with idols.
2 Samuel 11:6So David sent a message to Joab, telling him, “Send Uriah the Hittite to me.” Joab sent him to David.
2 Kings 5:20when Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said to himself, “Just look how my master has let this Naaman the Syrian off the hook by not accepting the gifts he brought! As the Lord lives, I'll run after him and get something from him.”
Job 31:1“I vowed to myself never to look with desire at young women.
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 →