Joshua 7:11-12

The Sin of Achan

¹¹ Israel has sinned; they have _j transgressed my covenant that I commanded them; they have taken some of the _k devoted things; they have stolen and lied and put them among their own belongings. ¹² _l Therefore the people of Israel cannot stand before their enemies. They _m turn their backs before their enemies, because they have become _n devoted for destruction. ₁ I will be with you no more, unless you destroy _o the devoted things from among you.

1. Cross References
   Joshua 7:15
   And he who is taken with the devoted things shall be burned with fire, he and all that he has, because he has transgressed the covenant of the Lord, and because he has done an outrageous thing in Israel.'
   
2. Cross References
   Joshua 6:17 - 18
   And the city and all that is within it shall be devoted to the Lord for destruction. Only Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in her house shall live, because she hid the messengers whom we sent.
   
3. Cross References
   Numbers 14:45
   Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived in that hill country came down and defeated them and pursued them, even to Hormah.
   Judges 2:14
   So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he gave them over to plunderers, who plundered them. And he sold them into the hand of their surrounding enemies, so that they could no longer withstand their enemies.
   
4. Cross References
   Joshua 7:8
   O Lord, what can I say, when Israel has turned their backs before their enemies!
   
5. 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.
   
6. Cross References
   Joshua 7:11
   Israel has sinned; they have transgressed my covenant that I commanded them; they have taken some of the devoted things; they have stolen and lied and put them among their own belongings.