Bible Dictionary: Covetousness: Achan

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Torrey's Topical Textbook

Joshua 7:21
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 middle of my tent, and the silver under it.
Torrey's Topical Textbook

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Achan's Sin, Israel's Defeat
... His sin, then, was double, being at once covetousness and robbing God. Achan, at
the beginning of Israel's warfare for Canaan, and Ananias, at the beginning of ...
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The Valley of Achor
... Their defeat was caused by the covetousness of Achan, who for the sake of some
miserable spoil which he found in a tent, broke God's laws, and drew down shame ...
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Tenth Commandment
... It is remarkable how soon the first outbreaks of covetousness occurred. Think of
Eve in Eden, Achan just after Israel had entered the Promised Land, Ananias ...
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The Eighth Commandment
... A man covets more than his own, and this itch of covetousness makes him scratch
what he can from another. Achan's covetous humour made him steal the wedge of ...
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Internal Foes.
... Covetousness enticed Lot into Sodom. It caused the destruction of Achan and all
his house. It was the iniquity of Balaam. It was the sin of Samuel's sons. ...
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The Tenth Commandment
... Covetousness is a breach of the eighth commandment Thou shalt not steal.' It
is the root of theft: covetous Achan stole the wedge of gold. ...
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Confession of Sin --A Sermon with Seven Texts
... more eloquently and more truthfully, and at other times he exhibited the most mean
and sordid covetousness that could ... ACHAN""I have sinned.""Joshua 7:20. ...
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A Description of Heart-Purity
... (ii) Covetousness is the root of theft. Achan's covetous humour made him steal that
wedge of gold which served to cleave asunder his soul from God (Joshua 7:21 ...
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The Way of Life and the Way of Death.
... the children of Israel." [3375] "Thou shalt not steal:" for Achan, when he ... and Passion,
of Deceitful Conduct, or Idle Words, Lies, Covetousness, and Hypocrisy. ...
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Homilies on Galatians and Ephesians.
... Achan, his sin brought calamities upon all, [5]79 ... sympathy of its members a type
of those of the Church, [68]106, [69]117; its limits forbid covetousness, [70]58 ...
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