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Joshua 7 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:1 - But the children of Israel committed a great trespass, and purloined part of the accursed thing; and Achar the son of Charmi, the son of Zambri, the son of Zara, of the tribe of Juda, took of the accursed thing; and the Lord was very angry with the children of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:2 - And Joshua sent men to Gai, which is by Bæthel, saying, Spy out Gai: and the men went up and spied Gai.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:3 - And they returned to Joshua, and said to him, Let not all the people go up, but let about two or three thousand men go up and take the city by siege: carry not up thither the whole people, for the enemy are few.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:4 - And there went up about three thousand men, and they fled from before the men of Gai.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:5 - And the men of Gai slew of them to the number of thirty-six men, and they pursued them from the gate, and destroyed them from the steep hill; and the heart of the people was alarmed and became as water.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:6 - And Joshua tore his garments; and Joshua fell on the earth on his face before the Lord until evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they cast dust on their heads.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:7 - And Joshua said, I pray, Lord, wherefore has thy servant brought this people over Jordan to deliver them to the Amorite to destroy us? [fn]would we had remained and settled ourselves beyond Jordan.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:8 - And what shall I say since Israel has turned his [fn]back before his enemy?
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:9 - And when the Chananite and all the inhabitants of the land hear it, they shall compass us round and destroy us from off the land: and what wilt thou do for thy great name?
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:10 - And the Lord said to Joshua, Rise up; why hast thou fallen upon thy face?
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:11 - The people has sinned, and transgressed the covenant which I made with them; they have stolen from the cursed thing, and put it into their store.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:12 - And the children of Israel will not be able to stand before their enemies; they will turn their [fn]back before their enemies, for they have become an accursed thing: I will not any longer be with you, unless ye remove the cursed thing from yourselves.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:13 - Rise, sanctify the people and tell them to sanctify themselves for the morrow: thus says the Lord God of Israel, The accursed thing is among you; ye shall not be able to stand before your enemies, until ye shall have removed the cursed thing from among you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:14 - And ye shall all be gathered together by your tribes in the morning, and it shall come to pass that the tribe which the Lord shall shew, ye shall bring by families; and the family which the Lord shall shew, ye shall bring by households; and the household which the Lord shall shew, ye shall bring man by man.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:15 - And the man who shall be pointed out, shall be burnt with fire, and all that he has; because he has transgressed the covenant of the Lord, and has wrought wickedness in Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:16 - And Joshua rose up early, and brought the people by their tribes; and the tribe of Juda was pointed out.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:17 - And it was brought by their families, and the family of the Zaraites was pointed out.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:18 - And it was brought man by man, and Achar the son of Zambri the son of Zara was pointed out.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:19 - And Joshua said to Achar, Give glory this day to the Lord God of Israel, and make confession; and tell me what thou hast done, and hide it not from me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:20 - And Achar answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the Lord God of Israel: thus and thus have I done:
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:21 - I saw in the spoil an embroidered mantle, and two hundred didrachms of silver, and one golden wedge of fifty didrachms, and I desired them and took them; and, behold, they are hid in my tent, and the silver is hid under them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:22 - And Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent into the camp; and these things were hidden in his tent, and the silver under them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:23 - And they brought them out of the tent, and brought them to Joshua and the elders of Israel, and they laid them before the Lord.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 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 [fn]Emec Achor.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:25 - And Joshua said to Achar, Why hast thou destroyed us? the Lord destroy thee [fn]as at this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:26 - And they set up over him a great heap of stones; and the Lord ceased from his fierce anger. Therefore he called [fn]the place Emecachor until this day.
BES Footnotes
Gr. and if we had.
Gr. neck. Heb. ערף the back of the neck.
Gr. neck. Heb. ערף the back of the neck.
Heb. עמק עכור valley of trouble.
Gr. as also to-day.
Gr. it.
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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