Study Desk

'So in the morning you shall come forward by your tribes. And it shall be that the tribe which ^(C1)the LORD selects by lot shall come forward by families, and the family which the LORD selects shall come forward by households, and the household which the LORD selects shall come forward man by man.

'And ^(C1)it shall be that the one who is selected with the things designated for destruction shall be burned with fire, he and all that belongs to him, because he has violated the covenant of the LORD, and because he ^(C2)has committed a disgraceful thing in Israel.'"

So Joshua got up early in the morning and brought Israel forward by ^(F1)tribes, and the tribe of Judah was selected.

So he brought the family of Judah forward, and he selected the family of the Zerahites; then he brought the family of the Zerahites forward man by man, and Zabdi was selected.

And he brought his household forward man by man; and ^(C1)Achan, son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, was selected.

Then Joshua said to Achan, "My son, I implore you, ^(C1)give glory to the LORD, the God of Israel, and give praise to Him; and tell me now what you have done. Do not hide it from me."

So Achan answered Joshua and said, "Truly, I have sinned against the LORD, the God of Israel, and ^(F1)this is what I did:

when I saw among the spoils a beautiful robe from Shinar, two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold fifty shekels in weight, then I ^(C1)wanted them and took them; and behold, they are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath."