Joshua - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 229

12 Therefore the sons of Israel were 18 20 not able to stand before their ene~ mies;—-··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 pro- perty amongst you. Arise! Sanctify the People! and say, ‘Sa11ctify your·· selves for to—morrow; for thus says the Evmz—L1v1NG Gon 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 ' 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—L1v1NG, let it approach by houses; and the house that is intercepted by the Evan-1.1v1Ne, let it approach by individuals, and he who is intercepted shall be burnt in fire, with all belonging to him, for he has broken the covenant of the EvER—L1v1NG; and whoever has done it shall be destroyed from Seeking the ltzlrzl. joshua accordingly arose at day-

break, and Israel marched past by its tribes, and the tribe of judahwas intercepted. Then the families of judah ap-

proached, and the families of the Zarakhites were intercepted; then the family of Zarakh approached by houses, and Zabdi was inter- cepted; 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. My

son, return thanks now to the EVER- Lrvmo Gon of Israel! and giving thanks to Him, confess, I pray, to me what you have done P-hide it not Nun the Rebel rmtfzrzzx. So Akan answered joshua and

I have certainly sinned against the EvER·L1v1NG Gon of Israel! and I have done like this,—and like this, 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. joshua therefore sent messengers

who r an to the tent, andsaw the box in the tent and the money in it; 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 Evan-mvms. 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 where joshua Why, to our sorrow, did you grieve the EVER- LIVING at Then all Israel slew them with stones, and burnt them with fire, and covered them up with stones, and piled upon them a great heap of stones to this day. Thus the Even-LIVING turned away His anger; therefore they call the name of that place, the Vale of Sorrow, tothe present time. 21 22 26

(ac. 1451.) iuslma assnils 3i with his whsle Sartre. Then the Evnn·I.Iv11~:G said to 8 Fear not! and do not delay to take all the forces with you to the war, but advance upon Ai, for I will give the king of Ai to your hand, with his people and city and land, when you shall do to Ai and her king, as you did to jeriko and her king; except that you may plunder the booty for yourselves. Place an ambush behind the town; joshua and all the forces conse-

quently advanced to the war, ascend- ing to Ai. joshua, however, selected thirty thousand men, the best of the army, and sent them by night, in- Be careful to lie in ambush behind the town, not very far from the city. And all of you be steady. While I and the main body of the forces with me will advance to the town, and when they come to oppose us, as formerly, we will retreat before them, so that I In Heb., Akar.-·»-F. F.