And, behold, it is buried in the earth in my tent, and the silver under it.

And Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tabernacle: and, behold, it was buried in his tabernacle, and the silver under it.

And they took it out of the tabernacle, and brought it unto Joshua, and to all the children of Israel, and cast it before the LORD.

And Joshua and all Israel with him took Achan the son of Zerah, and his silver, and his mantle, and his golden tongue, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had, and brought them up into the valley of Achor.

And Joshua said, Because thou hast afflicted us, let the LORD afflict thee this day. And all Israel stoned him, and burned them with fire. And when they had stoned them, 26. And they made upon them a great heap of stones, which remaineth unto this day. So the LORD turned back from the fury of his wrath. Therefore the name of that place is called the valley of Achor unto this day.
(Joshua)
Chapter 8
Siege and conquest of the city of Ai.

And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be dismayed. Take with thee all the people of war, and arise, and go up to Ai. Behold, I have delivered into thy hand king Als, and his people, and his city, and his land.

And thou shalt do unto Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king, without dividing her spoil of her cattle among you. But set an ambush behind the city.

And Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai. And Joshua chose thirty thousand men of valour, and sent them out by night.

And commanded them, saying, Take heed, ye shall be the ambush behind the city: but get you not too far from the city, and be ye all ready.

And I, and all the people that are with me, will make for the city. And if they come out to meet us, as before, we will flee before them,

That they may come out after us, until we have plucked them out of the city. For they shall remember that we flee from them, as before. And because we flee from them, 7. And ye shall arise out of ambush, and take the city: for the LORD your God shall deliver it into your hand.

And when ye have taken the city, set it on fire, and do according to the word of the LORD.
Behold, I have commanded you.

So Joshua sent them, and they went into ambush, and halted between Bethel and Ai on the west side of Ai. And Joshua tarried that night among the people.

And he rose up early in the morning, and gathered the people together, and went up with the elders of Israel before the people unto Ai.

And all the people of war that were with him went up, and drew near, and came against the city, and pitched before Ai on the north side; and there was but a valley between him and Ai.

And he took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai on the west side of the city.

And they set the people of all the camp, which were toward the north of the city, to be the last of them toward the west of the city. So Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.

And when the king of Ai saw it, they made haste, and rose up early, and the men of the city out to meet Israel to battle, with all his people, unto a certain place before the border. For he knew not that there was an ambush against him behind the city.

And Joshua and all Israel stood as though they were smitten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

And all the people of the city cried out, that they should pursue them.

And they also pursued after Joshua, and went out of the city, that there remained not a man in Ai and Bethel, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, to pursue after Israel.

And the LORD said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is in thine hand against Ai; for I will deliver it into thine hand. And when Joshua stretched out the spear that was in his hand against the city,

And the ambush arose in haste out of his place, and ran after he stretched forth his hand, and came into the city, and took it; and hasted, and set it on fire.

And the men of Ai turned, and looked behind them, and saw the smoke of the city ascend up to heaven, and had no place to flee to or from. And the people that fled to the wilderness turned back to pursue after them.

For when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, because there was smoke in the city, they turned again, and smote the men of Ai.

And they that were in the city came out to meet them, and came in the midst of Israel from thence, and from thence: and they smote them, until none of them remained, nor escaped.

And they took the king of Ai alive, and brought him to Joshua.

And when Israel had slain all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, and in the wilderness, which pursued after them, and were all fallen with the edge of the sword, until they were all consumed, then all Israel returned unto Ai, and smote them with the edge of the sword.

And all that fell that day, both men and women, were twelve thousand, all the people of Ai.

And Joshua removed not his hand again to stretch forth the spear, until all the inhabitants of Ai were utterly destroyed.

Without the cattle, and the spoil of the city, Israel divided among themselves according to the
word of the LORD, which he commanded Joshua.

And Joshua burnt Ai, and made a heap of it for ever, which lieth there to this day.

And he hanged the king of Ai upon a tree until the even. And when the sun was down, he commanded that his body should be taken down from the tree, and they cast it under the gate of the city, and made a great heap of stones upon it, which is there unto this day.

Then Joshua built an altar unto the LORD God of Israel in mount Ebal.

As Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones hewn with no iron: and they offered upon it burnt offerings and peace offerings unto the LORD.

And there he wrote upon the stones the other law, which Moses commanded the children of Israel.

And all Israel, and their elders, and their officers, and their judges, stood on both sides of the ark before the priests of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, both the strangers and the sojourners, half of them beside mount Grisim, and half of them beside mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the LORD commanded before, to bless the people of Israel.

And afterward he proclaimed all the words of the law, blessings and cursings, as it is written in the book of the law.

There was not a word that Moses commanded, which Joshua spake not before all the congregation of Israel, and before the women, and the children, and the strangers that sojourned among them.
(Joshua)
Chapter 9
The Gibeonites come into the covenant with guile.

And it came to pass, when all the kings that were on the other side Jordan, in the mountains, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea, and that were by the side of mount Lebanon, the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, heard these things,

And they gathered themselves together with one accord, and fought against Joshua, and against Israel.

But the men of Gibeon, when they heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai, devised a stratagem;

And they went and sent a message, and took old sacks upon their asses.

And old torn and mended wineskins, and old mended shoes, put on their feet, and put on old garments: and all the bread that they took with them was hard and mouldy.

And they went to Joshua into the camp to Gilgal, and said unto him, and to all Israel, We are come from a far country: now therefore make a covenant with us.

And all Israel said unto the Hivite, Peradventure thou wilt dwell among us: how then can I make a covenant with thee?

And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them: Who are ye, and whence come ye?

And they said: Thy servants are come from very far countries for the name of the LORD thy God: for we have heard his tidings, and all that he did in Egypt, 10. And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites that were beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, which dwelt in Ashtaroth.

Therefore said our elders, and all the inhabitants of our land: Take food with you on your journey, and go out to meet them, and speak to them; we are your servants. Now therefore make a covenant with us.

This our bread, which we took out of our houses for our meat, was yet