Joshua 7 - The Scriptures 1998

¹ But the children of Yisra’ĕ

² Now Yehoshua sent men from Yeriḥ

³ And they returned to Yehoshua and said to him, “Let not all the people go up, but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai. Do not make all the people toil up there, for the people of Ai are few.”

⁴ And about three thousand men went up there from the people, but they fled before the men of Ai.

⁵ And the men of Ai smote about thirty-six men, for they pursued them from before the gate as far as Sheḇ

⁶ And Yehoshua tore his garments, and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of יהוה  until evening, both he and the elders of Yisra’ĕ

⁷ And Yehoshua said, “Oh Master יהוה, why have You brought this people over the Yardĕ

⁸ “O יהוה, what do I say when Yisra’ĕ

⁹ and the Kenaʽ

¹⁰ And יהוה  said to Yehoshua, “Rise up! Why are you lying on your face?

¹¹ “Yisra’ĕ

¹² “And the sons of Yisra’ĕ

¹³ “Rise up, set the people apart, and you shall say, ‘Set yourselves apart for tomorrow, because thus said יהוה  Elohim of Yisra’ĕ

¹⁴ ‘And you shall be brought near in the morning, according to your tribes. And it shall be, the tribe which יהוה  takes comes according to clans. And the clan which יהוה  takes comes by households. And the household which יהוה  takes comes by men.

¹⁵ ‘And it shall be that he who is taken with that which is under the ban is burned with fire, he and all that he has, because he has transgressed the covenant of יהוה, and because he has committed wickedness in Yisra’ĕ

¹⁶ So Yehoshua arose early in the morning and brought Yisra’ĕ

¹⁷ and he brought the clan of Yehuḏ

¹⁸ And he brought his household by men, and Aḵ

¹⁹ Then Yehoshua said to Aḵ

²⁰ So Aḵ

²¹ “When I saw among the spoil a lovely garment from Shinʽ

²² And Yehoshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent. And see, it was hidden in his tent, with the silver under it.

²³ And they took them from the midst of the tent, brought them to Yehoshua and to all the children of Yisra’ĕ

²⁴ Then Yehoshua, and all Yisra’ĕ

²⁵ And Yehoshua said, “Why have you troubled us? יהוה  does trouble you today!” Then all Yisra’ĕ

²⁶ And they raised over him a great heap of stones, which remains to this day. Then יהוה  turned from the fierceness of His displeasure. Therefore the name of that place has been called the Valley of Aḵ