1 E transgrediram os filhos de Israel no anátema; porque Acã filho de Carmi, filho de Zabdi, filho de Zerá, da tribo de Judá, tomou do anátema, e a ira do SENHOR se acendeu contra os filhos de Israel.

2 Enviando, pois, Josué, de Jericó, alguns homens a Ai, que está junto a Bete-Áven do lado do oriente de Betel, falou-lhes dizendo: Subi, e espiai a terra. Subiram, pois, aqueles homens, e espiaram a Ai.

3 E voltaram a Josué, e disseram-lhe: Não suba todo o povo; subam uns dois mil, ou três mil homens, a ferir a Ai; não fatigueis ali a todo o povo, porque poucos são.

4 Assim, subiram lá, do povo, uns três mil homens, os quais fugiram diante dos homens de Ai.

5 E os homens de Ai feriram deles uns trinta e seis, e os perseguiram desde a porta até Sebarim, e os feriram na descida; e o coração do povo se derreteu e se tornou como água.

6 Então Josué rasgou as suas vestes, e se prostrou em terra sobre o seu rosto perante a arca do Senhor até à tarde, ele e os anciãos de Israel; e deitaram pó sobre as suas cabeças.

7 E disse Josué: Ah! Senhor Deus! Por que, com efeito, fizeste passar a este povo o Jordão, para nos entregares nas mãos dos amorreus para nos fazerem perecer? Antes nos tivéssemos contentado em ficar além do Jordão!

8 Ah, Senhor! Que direi? Pois Israel virou as costas diante dos inimigos!

9 Ouvindo isto, os cananeus, e todos os moradores da terra, nos cercarão e desarraigarão o nosso nome da terra; e então que farás ao teu grande nome?

10 Então disse o Senhor a Josué: Levanta-te; por que estás prostrado assim sobre o teu rosto?

11 Israel pecou, e transgrediram a minha aliança que lhes tinha ordenado, e tomaram do anátema, e furtaram, e mentiram, e debaixo da sua bagagem o puseram.

12 Por isso os filhos de Israel não puderam subsistir perante os seus inimigos; viraram as costas diante dos seus inimigos; porquanto estão amaldiçoados; não serei mais convosco, se não desarraigardes o anátema do meio de vós.

13 Levanta-te, santifica o povo, e dize: Santificai-vos para amanhã, porque assim diz o Senhor Deus de Israel: Anátema há no meio de ti, Israel; diante dos teus inimigos não poderás suster-te, até que tireis o anátema do meio de vós.

14 Amanhã, pois, vos chegareis, segundo as vossas tribos; e será que a tribo que o Senhor tomar se chegará, segundo as famílias; e a família que o Senhor tomar se chegará por casas; e a casa que o Senhor tomar se chegará homem por homem.

15 E será que aquele que for tomado com o anátema será queimado a fogo, ele e tudo quanto tiver; porquanto transgrediu a aliança do Senhor, e fez uma loucura em Israel.

16 Então Josué se levantou de madrugada, e fez chegar a Israel, segundo as suas tribos; e a tribo de Judá foi tomada;

17 E, fazendo chegar a tribo de Judá, tomou a família dos zeraítas; e fazendo chegar a família dos zeraítas homem por homem, foi tomado Zabdi;

18 E, fazendo chegar a sua casa, homem por homem, foi tomado Acã, filho de Carmi, filho de Zabdi, filho de Zerá, da tribo de Judá.

19 Então disse Josué a Acã: Filho meu, dá, peço-te, glória ao Senhor Deus de Israel, e faze confissão perante ele; e declara-me agora o que fizeste, não mo ocultes.

20 E respondeu Acã a Josué, e disse: Verdadeiramente pequei contra o Senhor Deus de Israel, e fiz assim e assim.

21 Quando vi entre os despojos uma boa capa babilônica, e duzentos siclos de prata, e uma cunha de ouro, do peso de cinqüenta siclos, cobicei-os e tomei-os; e eis que estão escondidos na terra, no meio da minha tenda, e a prata por baixo dela.

22 Então Josué enviou mensageiros, que foram correndo à tenda; e eis que tudo estava escondido na sua tenda, e a prata por baixo.

23 Tomaram, pois, aquelas coisas do meio da tenda, e as trouxeram a Josué e a todos os filhos de Israel; e as puseram perante o Senhor.

24 Então Josué, e todo o Israel com ele, tomaram a Acã filho de Zerá, e a prata, e a capa, e a cunha de ouro, e seus filhos, e suas filhas, e seus bois, e seus jumentos, e suas ovelhas, e sua tenda, e tudo quanto ele tinha; e levaram-nos ao vale de Acor.

25 E disse Josué: Por que nos perturbaste? O Senhor te perturbará neste dia. E todo o Israel o apedrejou; e os queimaram a fogo depois de apedrejá-los.

26 E levantaram sobre ele um grande montão de pedras, até o dia de hoje; assim o Senhor se apartou do ardor da sua ira; pelo que aquele lugar se chama o vale de Acor, até ao dia de hoje.

1 But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel. 2 And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai. 3 And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the people to labour thither; for they are but few. 4 So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai. 5 And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.

6 And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads. 7 And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord GOD, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan! 8 O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies! 9 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?

10 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face? 11 Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff. 12 Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you. 13 Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you. 14 In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the LORD taketh shall come according to the families thereof; and the family which the LORD shall take shall come by households; and the household which the LORD shall take shall come man by man. 15 And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel.

16 So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken: 17 And he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zarhites: and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was taken: 18 And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken. 19 And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the LORD God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me. 20 And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done: 21 When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, 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.

22 So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it. 23 And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them unto Joshua, and unto all the children of Israel, and laid them out before the LORD. 24 And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor. 25 And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones. 26 And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.