Joshua 7:24-26

The Sin of Achan

24 And Joshua and all Israel with him took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver and the cloak and the bar of gold, and his sons and daughters and his oxen and donkeys and sheep and his tent and all that he had. And they brought them up to the z Valley of Achor. 25 And Joshua said, "Why did you a bring trouble on us? The Lord brings trouble on you today." And all Israel b stoned him with stones. c They burned them with fire and stoned them with stones. 26 And they raised over him d a great heap of stones that remains to this day. Then e the Lord turned from his burning anger. Therefore, to this day the name of that place is called the Valley of Achor. 1

  1. Cross References
    Joshua 7:26
    And they raised over him a great heap of stones that remains to this day. Then the Lord turned from his burning anger. Therefore, to this day the name of that place is called the Valley of Achor.
    Joshua 15:7
    And the boundary goes up to Debir from the Valley of Achor, and so northward, turning toward Gilgal, which is opposite the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the valley. And the boundary passes along to the waters of En-shemesh and ends at En-rogel.
    Isaiah 65:10
    Sharon shall become a pasture for flocks, and the Valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down, for my people who have sought me.
    Hosea 2:15
    And there I will give her her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor a door of hope. And there she shall answer as in the days of her youth, as at the time when she came out of the land of Egypt.
  2. Cross References
    Joshua 6:18
    But you, keep yourselves from the things devoted to destruction, lest when you have devoted them you take any of the devoted things and make the camp of Israel a thing for destruction and bring trouble upon it.
    1 Chronicles 2:7
    The son of Carmi: Achan, the troubler of Israel, who broke faith in the matter of the devoted thing.
  3. Cross References
    Leviticus 20:2
    Say to the people of Israel, Any one of the people of Israel or of the strangers who sojourn in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech shall surely be put to death. The people of the land shall stone him with stones.
    Leviticus 24:14
    Bring out of the camp the one who cursed, and let all who heard him lay their hands on his head, and let all the congregation stone him.
  4. Cross References
    Joshua 22:20
    Did not Achan the son of Zerah break faith in the matter of the devoted things, and wrath fell upon all the congregation of Israel? And he did not perish alone for his iniquity.'
  5. Cross References
    Joshua 8:29
    And he hanged the king of Ai on a tree until evening. And at sunset Joshua commanded, and they took his body down from the tree and threw it at the entrance of the gate of the city and raised over it a great heap of stones, which stands there to this day.
    2 Samuel 18:17
    And they took Absalom and threw him into a great pit in the forest and raised over him a very great heap of stones. And all Israel fled every one to his own home.
    Lamentations 3:53
    They flung me alive into the pit and cast stones on me.
  6. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 13:17
    None of the devoted things shall stick to your hand, that the Lord may turn from the fierceness of his anger and show you mercy and have compassion on you and multiply you, as he swore to your fathers.
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