“Achan. What are you doing?” his wife asked. “These are a few souvenirs I picked up from our battle at Jericho”, Achan replied. “Are you sure you should be doing this? Didn’t Joshua say that God said nothing was to be taken?” “I’m putting these things under the floor of the tent, for safe-keeping.” Nobody will know; and later we can melt the gold down and we will be rich.”
Alas, when the Israelites next went to battle against a small force from the city of AI, the Israelites were defeated. When Joshua talked to God, he learned of the disobedience of Achan. Achan’s bad choice cost him and his family their lives, along with a number of Israelite warriors. [Bible: Joshua 7:1-26]
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