Joshua 7:21 - Easy To Read Version

²¹ {We captured the city of Jericho and all the things in it.} I saw a beautiful coat from Babylon, about 5 pounds [36] of silver; and about a pound [37] of gold. I wanted these things for myself. So I took them. You will find those things buried in the ground under my tent. The silver is under the coat.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ When I saw among the spoils an attractive mantle from Shinar and two hundred shekels of silver and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. Behold, they are hidden in the earth inside my tent, with the silver underneath.

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ when I saw among the spoil a goodly Babylonish mantle, 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.

Common English Bible

²¹ Among the booty I saw a single beautiful robe in the Babylonian style, two hundred shekels of silver, and a single gold bar weighing fifty shekels. I desired them and took them. Now they are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver on the bottom.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ For I saw among the spoils a very fine scarlet cloak, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a gold bar of fifty shekels. And coveting these, I took and hid them in the ground near the middle of my tent, and I covered the silver with the soil that I had dug."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ For I saw among the spoils a scarlet garment exceeding good, and two hundred sicles of silver, and a golden rule of fifty sicles. And I coveted them, and I took them away, and hid them in the ground is the midst of my tent: and the silver I covered with the earth that I dug up.

Joshua 7:21 Cross References

Genesis 10:10

Nimrod’s kingdom spread from Babylon to Erech, Akkad, and Calneh in the land of Shinar.

Genesis 3:6

The woman saw the tree was beautiful. She saw the fruit was good to eat. And it was exciting that the tree would make her wise. So the woman took fruit from the tree and ate it. Her husband was there with her, so she gave some of the fruit to him and he ate it.

Genesis 34:27

Jacob’s sons went to the city and stole everything that was there. They were still angry because of what Shechem did to their sister.

2 Samuel 11:2

In the evening, he got up from his bed. He walked around on the roof of the king’s house. While David was on the roof, he saw a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful.

2 Kings 7:8

When these lepers [81] came to where the camp began, they went into one tent. They ate and drank. Then the four lepers carried silver, gold, and clothes out of the camp. They hid the silver, gold, and clothes. Then they came back and entered another tent. They carried things out from this tent. They went out and hid these things.

Job 31:1

“I made an agreement with my eyes\par not to look at a girl in a way\par that would make me want her.\par

Psalm 119:37

Lord, don’t let me look at worthless things.\par Help me live your way.\par

Exodus 20:17

“You must not want to take your neighbor’s house. You must not want his wife. And you must not want his men and women servants, or his cattle, or his donkeys. You must not want to take anything that belongs to another person!”

Proverbs 1:19

Greedy people are always destroyed by the things they take.

Proverbs 23:31

So be careful with wine. It is pretty and red. It sparkles in the cup. And it goes down so smooth when you drink it.

Proverbs 28:22

A selfish person only wants to get rich. That person does not realize that he is very close to being poor.

Proverbs 4:23

The most important thing is for you to be careful in the things you think. Your thoughts control your life.

Isaiah 28:15

You people say, “We have made an agreement with death. We have a contract with Sheol—\{the place of death\}. So we will not be punished. Punishment will pass us without hurting us. We will hide behind our tricks and lies.”

Isaiah 29:15

Those people try to hide things from the Lord. They think the Lord will not understand. Those people do their evil things in darkness. Those people tell themselves. “No person can see us. No person will know who we are.”

Habakkuk 2:9

Yes, it will be very bad for the person that becomes rich by doing wrong. That person does those things to live in a safe place. He thinks that he can stop other people from stealing from him. \{But bad things will happen to him.\}

Luke 12:15

Then Jesus said to them. “Be careful and guard against all kinds of greed. A person does not get life from the many things he owns.”

Luke 12:2

Everything that is hidden will be shown. Everything that is secret will be made known.

Ephesians 5:3

But there must be no sexual sin among you. There must not be any kind of evil or selfishly wanting more and more. Why? Because those things are not right for God’s holy people. {\cf2\super [38]}

Ephesians 5:5

You can be sure of this: No person will have a place in the kingdom of Christ and of God if that person does sexual sins, or does evil things, or is a person who always wants more and more for himself. A greedy person like that is serving a false god.

Deuteronomy 7:25

“You must throw the statues of their gods into the fire and burn them. You must not want to keep the silver or the gold that is on those statues. You must not take that silver or gold for yourselves. It will be like a trap to you—{it will ruin your life}. Why? Because the Lord your God hates those idols.

Colossians 3:5

So put all evil things out of your life: sexual sinning, doing evil, letting evil thoughts control you, wanting things that are evil, and selfishly wanting more and more. This wanting really means to live serving a false god.

Hebrews 13:5

Keep your lives free from the love of money. And be satisfied with the things you have. God has said,

James 1:15

This desire causes sin. Then the sin grows and brings death.

Joshua 7:20

Achan answered, “It is true! I sinned against the Lord God of Israel. This is what I did:

Joshua 7:22

So Joshua sent some men to the tent. They ran to the tent and found those things hidden there in the tent. The silver was under the coat.

2 Peter 2:15

These false teachers left the right way and went the wrong way. They followed the same way that Balaam went. Balaam was the son of Beor. He loved being paid for doing wrong.