Joshua 7
7
1But the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for ‘Akhan [Troubler], the son of Karmi [Fruitful, Noble], the son of Zavdi [Endowment], the son of Zerach [Rising], of the tribe of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised], took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) was kindled against the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God].
2And Y’hoshua [Yehovah is Salvation] sent men from Yericho [Its Moon] to ‘Ai [Heap of Ruins], which [is] beside Beit-On [vanity] [house of vanity], on the east side of Beit-El [House of God], and spoke unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed ‘Ai [Heap of Ruins].
3And they returned to Y’hoshua [Yehovah is Salvation], and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and strike ‘Ai [Heap of Ruins]; [and] make not all the people to labour there; for they [are but] few.
4So there went up there of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of ‘Ai [Heap of Ruins].
5And the men of ‘Ai [Heap of Ruins] struck of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them [from] before the gate [even] unto Sh’varim [the breaches], and struck them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.
6And Y’hoshua [Yehovah is Salvation] rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) until the eventide, he and the elders of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], and put dust upon their heads.
7And Y’hoshua [Yehovah is Salvation] said, Alas, O Lord-Adonai [Greatest Above All Things] GOD-Yehōvih (THE FATHER), wherefore have youi at all brought this people over Yarden [Descender], to deliver us into the hand of the Emori [Highlanders], to destroy us? would to God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Yarden [Descender]!
8O Lord-Adonai [Greatest Above All Things], what shall I say, when Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] turns their backs before their enemies!
9For the Kena’ani [Merchant] and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear [of it], and shall environ (surround; compass) us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what will youi do unto youi great name?
10And the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) said unto Y’hoshua [Yehovah is Salvation], Get youi up; wherefore lay youi thus upon youi face?
11Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] has sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled (used deceit; pretended; feigned) also, and they have put [it] even among their own stuff.
12Therefore the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] could not stand before their enemies, [but] turned [their] backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except you2f destroy the accursed from among you.
13Up, sanctify (make holy; set apart for God’s use) the people, and say, Sanctify (make holy; set apart for God’s use) yourselves against tomorrow: for thus says the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], [There is] an accursed thing in the midst of youi, O Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God]: youi cannot stand before youi enemies, until you2f take away the accursed thing from among you.
14In the morning therefore you2f shall be brought according to your tribes: and it shall be, [that] the tribe which the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) takes shall come according to the families [thereof]; and the family which the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) shall take shall come by households; and the household which the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) shall take shall come man by man.
15And it shall be, [that] he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he has: because he has transgressed the covenant of the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), and because he has wrought folly in Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God].
16So Y’hoshua [Yehovah is Salvation] rose up early in the morning, and brought Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] by their tribes; and the tribe of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] was taken:
17And he brought the family of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised]; and he took the family of the Zarchi: and he brought the family of the Zarchi man by man; and Zavdi [Endowment] was taken:
18And he brought his household man by man; and ‘Akhan [Troubler], the son of Karmi [Fruitful, Noble], the son of Zavdi [Endowment], the son of Zerach [Rising], of the tribe of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised], was taken.
19And Y’hoshua [Yehovah is Salvation] said unto ‘Akhan [Troubler], My son, give, I pray youi, glory to the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], and make confession unto him; and tell me now what youi have done; hide [it] not from me.
20And ‘Akhan [Troubler] answered Y’hoshua [Yehovah is Salvation], and said, Indeed I have sinned against the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], and thus and thus have I done:
21When I saw among the spoils a goodly Shin’ar (Babylonian) garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they [are] hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.
22So Y’hoshua [Yehovah is Salvation] sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold, [it was] hid in his tent, and the silver under it.
23And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them unto Y’hoshua [Yehovah is Salvation], and unto all the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], and laid them out before the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate).
24And Y’hoshua [Yehovah is Salvation], and all Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] with him, took ‘Akhan [Troubler] the son of Zerach [Rising], 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 Akhor [Trouble].
25And Y’hoshua [Yehovah is Salvation] said, Why have youi troubled us? the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) shall trouble youi this day. And all Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.
26And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) turned from the fierceness of his anger. For what reason the name of that place was called, The valley of Akhor [Trouble], unto this day.
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