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The .vij. Chapter.

1 Achan vsurpeth of the Churche iewels. 2 Ai is searched. 4 The people of Ai smyteth Israel. 6 Iosuah weepeth before the Lorde. 7 Iosuah complayneth before the Lorde that Israel is ouercommen. 15 God commaundeth the theefe of the Churche goodes to be burnt. 21 What thynges Achan had conueyed of those which ought to haue ben burnt. 25 Achan is stoned, and all his goodes are burnt for stealyng of the Churche goodes.

[unspec A] 1 BVt yet the chyldren of Israel trespassed in y^e* 1.1 (a) 1.2 forbydden thyng: for Achan y^e sonne of Char∣mi, the sonne of Zab∣di, y^e sonne of Zareth, of the tribe of Iuda, toke of the forbydden thyng: And the wrath of the Lorde waxed hot against the chyldren of Israel.

2 And Iosuah sent men from Iericho to (b) 1.3 Ai, which is besyde Bethauen, on the east syde of Bethel, and spake vnto them, saying: Get you vp, and viewe the countrey. And the men went vp, & viewed Ai,

3 And returned to Iosuah, and sayde vnto him, Let not all the people go vp:

but let as it were two or three thou∣sande men go vp, and smyte Ai: and make not all the people to labour thy∣cher, for they are but fewe.

4 And so there went vp thyther of the people about a three thousande men, and they fled before the men of Ai.

5 And the men of Ai * 1.4 smote of them vpon a thirtie and sixe men: for they chased them from before the gate euen vnto Sebarim, and smote them in the goyng downe: Wherfore the heartes of the people for feare melted away lyke [unspec D] water.

6 And Iosuah * 1.5 rent his clothes, & fell to the earth vpō his face before the arke of the Lorde vntill the euentide, he and the elders of Israel, and put earth vpon their heades.

7 And Iosuah sayde: Alas, O Lorde God, wherfore hast thou brought this people ouer Iordane, to deliuer vs into the hande of the Amorites, & to destroye vs? Would to God we had ben content, and dwelt on the other e 1.6 side Iordane.

8 Oh Lorde what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backes before their enemies?

9 Surely the Chanaanites, and all the inhabitauntes of the lande shal heare of it, and shall conspire against vs, and de∣stroy the name of vs out of the worlde: And what wilt thou do vnto thy migh∣tie f 1.7 name?

10 And the Lorde sayde vnto Iosuah: Get thee vp, wherfore liest thou thus vpon thy face?

11 Israel hath sinned, and they haue [unspec G] transgressed myne appointment which I commaunded them: for they haue ta∣ken of the excommunicate thinges, and haue also stolen, and dissembled also, & put them vnto their owne stuffe.

12 And therfore is it that the children of Israel can not stande before their ene∣mies, but shal turne their backes before their enemies, because they be excom∣municate: Neither will I be with you any more, except ye * 1.8 destroy the excom∣municate from among you.

13 * 1.9Vp [therfore] and sanctifie the people, and say: Sanctifie your selues against to morowe, for so sayde the Lorde God of Israel, there is a * 1.10 dampned thyng among you, O Israel: and therfore ye cannot stande against your enemies, vn∣tyll ye haue put the dampned * 1.11 thing from among you.

14 To morowe morning therfore ye shal∣be brought according to your tribes: And the tribe which the Lorde * 1.12 taketh, shal come according to the kinredes therof: And the kinred which the Lorde shall finde giltie, shall come by housholdes: And the housholde which the Lorde shal finde faultie, shall come mā by man.

15 And he that is founde with the accur∣sed thing, shalbe burnt with fire, he, and all that he hath, because he hath trans∣gressed the couenaunt of the Lord, and wrought follie in Israel.

16 And so Iosuah rose vp early in the [unspec F] morning, and brought Israel by their tribes, & the tribe of Iuda was caught.

17 And he brought the kinredes of Iuda, and toke the kinred of the Zarehites: And he brought the kinred of the Zare∣hites man by mā, & Zabdi was caught.

18 And he brought his housholde man by man, & Achan the sonne of Charmi, the sonne of Zabdi, y^e sonne of Zared of the tribe of Iuda, was caught.

19 And Iosuah sayde vnto Achan: My sonne, I beseche thee geue glorie to the Lorde God of Israel, and (k) 1.13 make con∣fession vnto him, and shewe me what thou hast done, hyde it not from me.

20 And Achan aūswered Iosuah, & sayd: Of a trueth I haue sinned against the Lorde God of Israel, and thus & thus haue I done.

21 I sawe among the spoyles a goodly babilonishe garment, and two hun∣dred sicles of siluer, and a tonge of golde of fiftie sicles wayghte, and I coueted them, and toke them: and beholde they lye hyd in the earth in the middest of my tent, and the siluer is ther vnder.

22 And so Iosuah sent messēgers: which whē they ranne vnto his tent, beholde they were hyd in his tent, and the siluer ther vnder.

23 Therfore they toke them out of the [unspec G] middest of his tent, and brought them vnto Iosuah, and vnto all the children of Israel, and layed them out l 1.14 before the Lorde.

24 And Iosuah toke Achan the sonne of Zareth, and the siluer, and the garmē••, and the (m 1.15 tonge of gold, and his sonnes, and his daughters, & his oxen, and his asses, his sheepe, his tent, and all that he had: and al Israel with him brought them vnto the valley of Achor.

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25 And Iosuah sayde: In (o) 1.16 as much as thou hast troubled vs, the Lorde shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned hym with stones, and burned them with fire, and ouerwhelmed them with stones.

26 And they cast vpon hym a great heape of stones vnto this day: And so the Lord turned from the wrath of his indigna∣tion. And the name of the place is called the valley of (p) 1.17 Achor vnto this day.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Deut. vii. d.
• (a) 1.2

  By ta∣kyng that which was cōmaunded to be destroyed.
• (b) 1.3

  There was two ••is. One Ai of the Amorites, which was the greater and is here described: the other of the Ammonites. Ierem. 49.
• * 1.4

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• * 1.5

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• e 1.6

  Iosuah here is 〈…〉〈…〉 the m•• pro∣•• ••od▪ wi••h decla∣•• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ther 〈…〉〈…〉 in 〈…〉〈…〉 out 〈…〉〈…〉 of God.
• f 1.7

  For the ene∣mies 〈…〉〈…〉 thou wast 〈…〉〈…〉 to 〈…〉〈…〉 to 〈…〉〈…〉 name.
• * 1.8

  〈…〉〈…〉
• * 1.9

  〈◊〉〈◊〉 xix. a
• * 1.10

  Or, 〈◊〉〈◊〉
• * 1.11

  〈…〉〈…〉
• * 1.12

  The 〈◊〉〈◊〉 act of taking as some iudge was by 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉〈◊〉, other say it was by ••∣tes.
• (k) 1.13

  God is glorified when the trueth is confessed.
• l 1.14

  That is be∣fore the arke of the Lorde.
• (m 1.15

  Some leaue wedge others a p••te and some a rodde.
• (o) 1.16

  What sharp iudgment and greeuous pu¦nyshment the•• ought to haue, that by wic∣kednes drawe Gods wrath v••o•• the mul∣titude.
• (p) 1.17

  That is▪ the valley of trouble.