In the bible book of Joshua, there is an interesting story of a man called Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah. Contrary to the instruction of the Lord to the children of Israel not to take any spoil of Jericho because the city and everything in it was accursed, this man Achan couldn’t get his eyes off some of the spoils, so he took some good stuff and hid them under the ground in his tent. It appeared that no one noticed him, perhaps they could have raised an alarm to the leaders of the people knowing the consequence of such action, not just upon Achan, but upon the entire nation. Although, it is possible that his family knew about it, but they refused to expose him, seeing that they would also be beneficiaries of his “Blessing”. Well, he kept his “blessing” which he got by his own scheming, hoping to enjoy them someday, perhaps when they were fully settled into the Promised Land. It wasn’t long after that they fought another b...
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