Achan

[ ey-kan ]

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noun

(in the Bible) a member of the tribe of Judah who, with his family, was stoned to death for stealing forbidden spoils.

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The children of Israel were routed at Ai, because Achan had taken the devoted or forbidden thing.

He says Achan or Danaan heroes, but never joins the names to the simple predicate men.

The coils are coming closer and closer about him; and now his father's family is brought out, man by man, and Achan is taken.

A harsh word from Joshua might have set Achan in a defiant attitude, and drawn from him a denial that he had done anything amiss.

Now a covetous man like Achan might find many plausible reasons for evading this law.

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