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The Holy Bible in Modern English. Revised Edition.
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Ferrar Fentons 'Holy Bible in Modern English. All spelling, punctuation and formatting maintained through-out. Verse ordering follows the King James version for clarity and necessary organization of the verses.

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RF JOS 7:1 But the children of Israel were faithless,—faithless about the devoted property, and Akan the descendant of Karmi, the descendant of Zabdi, the son of Zarakh, of the tribe of Judah, took some of the devoted, and the anger of the EVER-LIVING burnt at the children of Israel.
RF JOS 7:2 (B.C. 1451.) The town of Ai Assailed; but the Israelites repulsed.
Joshua then sent men from Jeriko to Ai, which was near Bethaven, to the east of Bethel, and instructed them, "Go and examine the country." So the men went and spied about the country of Ai,
RF JOS 7:3 and returned to Joshua and said to him; "It is not necessary for all the People to go up—only two or three thousand men need go to capture Ai. All the people need not march there, for it is small."
RF JOS 7:4 So about three thousand men of the troops went up,—but they fled before the men of Ai,
RF JOS 7:5 and the men of Ai killed about thirty-six persons, and drove them from before their gates to Shebarim, and defeated them at Morad, so that the heart of the people melted and became like water
RF JOS 7:6 Joshua's anguish over the Defeat.
Joshua consequently tore his robes, and fell upon his face to the earth before the Ark of the EVER-LIVING, until the dusk,—he and the judges of Israel also threw dust on their heads. And Joshua exclaimed;
RF JOS 7:7 "Ah! LORD OF LIFE! Why have You brought the People over the Jordan to give us to the hand of the Amorites to destroy us, when we would have been content to remain on the other side of the torrent?
RF JOS 7:8 For myself, ALMIGHTY, what can I say when Israel turns to flight before its enemies?
RF JOS 7:9 When all the Canaanites and the population of the country hear it, and surround us, and cut off our name from the earth? Who will then make Your Name great?"
RF JOS 7:10 (B.C. 1451) The Cause of Defeat Revealed.
But the EVER-LIVING replied to Joshua; "Arouse yourself! Why are you fallen on your face?
RF JOS 7:11 Israel has sinned, and has broken the covenant I commanded them, and have taken from the devoted property, and plundered it, and hidden it, and put it amongst the baggage!
RF JOS 7:12 Therefore the sons of Israel were not able to stand before their enemies;—they fled before the faces of their enemies,—because there is sacred property with them. Let it not continue with them, if they would not be destroyed by the sacred property amongst you.
RF JOS 7:13 Arise! Sanctify the People! and say, 'Sanctify yourselves for to-morrow; for thus says the EVER-LIVING GOD of Israel!" There is sacred property in your breast, Israel! You will not be able to stand before your enemies, until you have cast out the sacred things from your breast!"
RF JOS 7:14 'Therefore let them approach in the morning by tribes, and families. And the tribe that is intercepted by the EVER-LIVING, let it approach by families; and the family that is intercepted by the EVER-LIVING, let it approach by houses; and the house that is intercepted by the EVER-LIVING, let it approach by individuals,
RF JOS 7:15 and he who is intercepted shall be burnt in fire, with all belonging to him, for he has broken the covenant of the EVER-LIVING; and whoever has done it shall be destroyed from Israel."
RF JOS 7:16 Seeking the Rebel.
Joshua accordingly arose at daybreak, and Israel marched past by its tribes, and the tribe of Judah was intercepted.
RF JOS 7:17 Then the families of Judah approached, and the families of the Zarakhites were intercepted; then the family of Zarakh approached by houses, and Zabdi was intercepted;
RF JOS 7:18 then the house of Zabdi approached by individuals, and Akan, the son of Karmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zarakh, of the tribe of Judah, was intercepted.
RF JOS 7:19 Joshua then said to Akan;—" My son, return thanks now to the EVER-LIVING GOD of Israel! and giving thanks to Him, confess, I pray, to me what you have done?hide it not from me
RF JOS 7:20 Akin the Rebel Confesses.
So Akan answered Joshua and said, "I have certainly sinned against the EVER-LIVING GOD of Israel! and I have done like this,—and like this,
RF JOS 7:21 when I saw a cloak of Shinar peculiarly beautiful, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, I desired and took them, and hid them in a box in my tent, and the silver is in it."
RF JOS 7:22 Joshua therefore sent messengers who ran to the tent, and saw the box in the tent and the money in it;
RF JOS 7:23 so they took it from within the tent and brought it to Joshua, and to all the sons of Israel, and they poured it out before the EVER-LIVING.
RF JOS 7:24 Then Joshua took Akan the son of Zarakh, and the money, and cloak, and the wedge of gold, and his sons and daughters, and his cattle and asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had, and all the forces of Israel with him took them to the valley of Sorrow,1
RF JOS 7:25 where Joshua said, "Why, to our sorrow, did you grieve the EVER-LIVING at this time?" Then all Israel slew them with stones, and burnt them with fire, and covered them up with stones,
RF JOS 7:26 and piled upon them a great heap of stones to this day. Thus the EVER-LIVING turned away His anger; therefore they call the name of that place, the Vale of Sorrow, to the present time.
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1 In Hebrew, Akar.—F.F.




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AKJV ROM 8:32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?



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