I Saw Among the Spoil and the Runners to Achan's Tent

Yalkut Shimoni on Nach 18:6

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"And I saw among the spoil" (Joshua 7:21). I saw what is written in the Torah, "And you shall eat the spoil of your enemies" (Deuteronomy 20:14). Immediately, "And Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent" (Joshua 7:22), so that the tribe of Judah would not steal them and add to the quarrel.

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