¹⁶ Early the next morning Joshua led all of Israel to present themselves in their tribes, and the Lord chose the tribe of Judah. ¹⁷ So the ·family groups [clans] of Judah presented themselves, and the Lord then chose the ·family group [clan] of Zerah. When all the ·families [clan] of Zerah presented themselves, the family of Zabdi was chosen. ¹⁸ And Joshua told all the men in that family to present themselves. The Lord chose Achan son of Carmi. (Carmi was the son of Zabdi, who was the son of Zerah.)

¹⁹ Then Joshua said to Achan, “My son, ·tell the truth. Confess to the Lord, the God of Israel [^LGive glory to the Lord God of Israel and give praise to him; ^Ca solemn charge to tell the truth and confess his sins to God]. Tell me what you did, and don’t try to hide anything from me.”

²⁰ Achan answered, “It is true! I have sinned against the Lord, the God of Israel. This is what I did: ²¹ Among the things I saw was a beautiful ·coat [robe; cloak] from ·Babylonia [^LShinar] and about ·five pounds [^Ltwo hundred shekels] of silver and ·more than one and one-fourth pounds of gold [^La gold bar weighing fifty shekels]. I wanted these things very much for myself, so I took them. You will find them buried in the ground under my tent, with the silver underneath.”

²² So Joshua sent ·men [^Lmessengers] who ran to the tent and ·found the things [^Tbehold, it was] hidden there, with the silver underneath. ²³ The men brought them out of the tent, took them to Joshua and all the ·Israelites [^Lsons/^Tchildren of Israel], and spread them out on the ground before the Lord. ²⁴ Then Joshua and all the people led Achan son of Zerah to the Valley of ·Trouble [or Achor; ^Ca Hebrew word meaning “trouble” or “disaster”]. They also took the silver, the coat, the gold bar, Achan’s sons, daughters, cattle, donkeys, sheep, tent, and everything he owned. ²⁵ Joshua said, “·I don’t know why [^LWhy have…?] you caused so much trouble [^CHebrew achor] for us, but now the Lord will bring trouble [^CHebrew achor] to you.” Then all the people threw stones at Achan and his family until they died [Ex. 19:13; Lev. 24:23; Num. 15:36]. Then the people burned them. ²⁶ They piled rocks over Achan’s body, and they are still there today. That is why it is called the Valley of ·Trouble [^LAchor]. After this the Lord ·was no longer angry [^Lturned from his burning anger].