But in the way Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so also these withstand the truth, men having been corrupted in mind, found worthless concerning the faith.
Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a sin in the devoted thing, and was there not wrath on all the company of Israel? And he was not the only one to die in his iniquity.
And the sons of Israel sinned a sin in the devoted things. And Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah took of the devoted things. And the anger of Jehovah glowed against the sons of Israel.
And the men of Ai struck thirty-six men of them, and pursued them before the gate to Shebarim. And they struck them in the descent. And the heart of the people was melted, and became as water.
How much more if eating the people had eaten today of this spoil of its enemies which it has found. For now had not the blow among the Philistines have been great?