Achin's Sin

The third person narrator opens Joshua 7 by informing the reader that Achan “broke faith” in regard to the lord by taking some of the devoted things and that this act instills anger in God toward all the Israelites. The reader becomes aware of the setting as central Israel, because in the second verse, Joshua tries to conquer the city of Ai, which is near Beth-aven. Because of Achan’s sin, Joshua’s troupes are defeated at Ai and he mournfully asks God why such an easy victory was not executed. God informs Joshua that because his Covenant was trans

Irony is the next literary device used and can be found in 7:7. Joshua asks “Why have you brought this people across the Jordan at all, to hand us over to the Amorites so as to destroy us?” This question is ironic because the reader already knows that their defeat was caused by God’s anger, which was flamed by Achan’s sin. In 7:1, it’s stated that the “anger of the lord burned against the Israelites” because Achan stole from the devoted things. Foreshadowing appears in 7:16 when Achan is singled out as the culprit. The text mirrors that which is at the beginning of the passage when the reader learns of Achan’s lineage.

Joshua 7 is a strong story that is meant to keep people on the straight and narrow. Because Achan deceived God and his tribe, they all suffered. This scenario is seen all the time today. When an authority sets out rules, and someone breaks them, the rule breaker and everyone associated with them can be punished. I remember once in High School at a thespian conference, a person from my theatre department put laundry detergent in the fountain. The onslaught of bubbles that came shortly after was a heated discussion throughout our stay. But when the news came around that it was conceived and perpetrated by someone from our school, the whole department had to write letters of apology to the Thespian society. At least we didn’t get st

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