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how he was to proceed in order to discover the offender,
and also what punishment was to be inflicted on him.
It was too late that night to do anything ; but it was
early in the morning when Joshua rose, that no time
might be lost in purging the camp from that which
defiled it. The people were brought forward by tribes ;
the lot fell on the tribe of Judah. The tribe of Judah
was brought forward by families ; the family of the
Zarhites was taken. The family of the Zarhites was
brought forward, man by man, and Zabdi was taken.
He brought his household, man by man, and Achan was
taken. Joshua then besought Achan to glorify God by
confessing what he had done. Achan replied in these
words—*“ Indeed I have sinned against the Lord God
of Israel, and thus and thus have I done. When I saw
among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two
hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty
shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them;
and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of
my tent, and the silver under it.”

Marianne. How terrified Achan must have been
when he saw the lot coming nearer and nearer to him ;
but, grandfather, I do not know what is meant by taking
of the accursed.

Grandfather. I told you that the town of J ericho,
along with all that it contained, was doomed to destruc-
tion; a curse was on it.

Johnnie. Had the coat that Achan stole come from
Babylon ?