Joshua 7:19-21
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[19] Joshua said to Achan, My son, please give glory to Yahweh, the God of Israel, and make confession to him; and tell me now what you have done; don't hide it from me. [20] Achan answered Joshua, and said, Of a truth I have sinned against Yahweh, the God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done: [21] when I saw among the spoil a goodly Babylonian 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.
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Get a full Reformed explanation of this passageAi lay east of Bethel in central Canaan, near Jericho by the Jordan Valley; Israel’s defeat there exposed Achan’s theft of goods from Jericho devoted to the Lord. The “beautiful cloak from Shinar” came from Mesopotamia, and the nearby Valley of Achor became the place where Achan’s sin brought judgment and trouble on Israel.
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Joshua 7:19-21 mentions Ai, Bethel, Jericho, Jordan, Shinar and Valley of Achor.
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