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Responsa for Joshua 7:11

חָטָא֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְגַם֙ עָבְר֣וּ אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֔י אֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוִּ֖יתִי אוֹתָ֑ם וְגַ֤ם לָֽקְחוּ֙ מִן־הַחֵ֔רֶם וְגַ֤ם גָּֽנְבוּ֙ וְגַ֣ם כִּֽחֲשׁ֔וּ וְגַ֖ם שָׂ֥מוּ בִכְלֵיהֶֽם׃

Israel hath sinned; yea, they have even transgressed My covenant which I commanded them; yea, they have even taken of the devoted thing; and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have even put it among their own stuff.

Shut min haShamayim

They responded: "Israel has sinned" (Joshua 7:11) "And what they have sinned regarding the sacred" (Leviticus 5:16) 3the word 'kodesh' is used both for sacred objects and places, but also refers to the forbidden plants in the vineyard, cf. Deuteronomy 22:9 "They will pay sevenfold" (Proverbs 6:31)
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