1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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Joshua 7:1

But *the children of Israel transgressed the commandment, and took to their own use of that which was accursed. *For Achan, the son of Charmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zare, of the tribe of Juda, took something of the anathema: and the Lord was angry against the children of Israel.

1 Paralipomenon 2:7.

Year of the World 2553.; Josue 22:20. Children. Achan was guilty of theft: some of the rest might have connived at his fault. He had taken what was reserved for the Lord. The offender was discovered, to inspire all with a horror for his conduct. Some of his brethren were punished, (ver. 5,) but they suffered for their own secret transgressions, or death might be no real punishment to them; while the Israelites were awakened to a sense of their own inability to conquer without the divine protection, and were forced to humble themselves. (Haydock) --- Chastisements are the marks of God's displeasure, though they frequently proceed also from his clemency. --- Achan is called Achar, 1 Paralipomenon 2:7. These five persons occupy the space of 265 years; so that they must have been 50 or 55 years old, when they had children.