Joshua 7:24

Free Bible Version

Then Joshua, with all the Israelites, took Achan, the son of Zerah, the silver, the cloak, and the bar of gold, together with his sons and daughters, his cattle, his donkeys, his sheep, and his tent—everything he had—and brought them to the Valley of Achor.

Cross References

Genesis 18:25

No, you can't do something like that! You can't kill the good with the wicked, otherwise you would be treating the good and the wicked in the same way. You can't do that! Isn't the Judge of all the earth going to do the right thing?”

Job 20:15

They swallow wealth and vomit it up again; God forces it from their stomachs.

Exodus 20:5

You must not bow down before them or worship them; for I am the Lord your God and I am passionately exclusive. I lay the consequences of the sin of those who hate me on their sons, grandsons, and great-grandsons;

Proverbs 15:27

People greedy for ill-gotten gains make trouble for their families, but those who hate bribes will live.

Ecclesiastes 5:13

I observed something here that is really sickening: people who hoard money damage themselves.

Isaiah 65:10

Sharon will become a pasture for flocks, and the Valley of Achor a place for herds to rest, for my people who follow me.

Hosea 2:15

There I will return her vineyards to her and make the Valley of Achor a door of hope. There she will respond to me as she did when she was young, as in the time when she left the land of Egypt.

Joshua 15:7

From there it went to the border of Debir through the valley of Achor, and turned north towards Gilgal, opposite the heights of Adummim to the south of the valley. Then the boundary continued to the waters of En-shemesh and out to En-rogel.

Joshua 22:20

When Achan, son of Zerah, acted disloyally in taking consecrated things, didn't the whole of Israel suffer punishment? He wasn't the only one who died because of his sin!’”

Joshua 6:18

But stay away from everything set apart for the Lord, for if you were to take anything you too would be liable to be destroyed, and you would also bring disaster on the camp of Israel.

Joshua 6:21

They destroyed everything in the city: men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep, and donkeys, all were killed by the sword.

Joshua 7:1

However, the Israelites had not been faithful regarding those things set apart for the Lord. Achan had taken some of them which made the Lord very angry with the Israelites. Achan was the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah.

Joshua 7:23

The men took the things from the tent and brought them to Joshua and all the Israelites. There they spread them out before the Lord.

Joshua 7:26

They set up a great pile of stones over him which remains to this day. The Lord was no longer angry. This is why the place was called the Valley of Achor ever since.