Lux Domini
And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.

What does Joshua 7:5 mean?

Achan took some of the spoil of Jericho. The love of the world is that root of bitterness, which of all others is most hardly rooted up.

Key themes

LovePeaceInheritanceRest

Read with

Keep this verse inside Joshua 7:1-5 and alongside a few nearby related passages.

Glossary

Ai Place

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Et Tell.

Shebarim Place

Breaks; ruins, a place near Ai ( Josh. 7:5 ; R. V. marg., “the quarries”). Modern identification: western cliff of Wadi Makkuk.