^7:10The Lord responded²³ to Joshua, “Get up! Why are you lying there face down?²⁴ ^7:11Israel has sinned; they have violated my covenantal commandment!²⁵ They have taken some of the riches;²⁶ they have stolen them and deceitfully put them among their own possessions.²⁷ ^7:12The Israelites are unable to stand before their enemies; they retreat because they have become subject to annihilation.²⁸ I will no longer be with you,²⁹ unless you destroy what has contaminated you.³⁰ ^7:13Get up! Ritually consecrate the people and tell them this: ‘Ritually consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, because the Lord God of Israel says, “You are contaminated,³¹ O Israel! You will not be able to stand before your enemies until you remove what is contaminating you.”³² ^7:14In the morning you must approach in tribal order.³³ The tribe the Lord selects³⁴ must approach by clans. The clan the Lord selects must approach by families.³⁵ The family the Lord selects must approach man by man.³⁶ ^7:15The one caught with the riches³⁷ must be burned up³⁸ along with all who belong to him, because he violated the Lord’s covenant and did such a disgraceful thing in Israel.’ ”

^7:16Bright and early the next morning Joshua made Israel approach in tribal order³⁹ and the tribe of Judah was selected. ^7:17He then made the clans of Judah approach and the clan of the Zerahites was selected. He made the clan of the Zerahites approach and Zabdi⁴⁰ was selected.⁴¹^7:18He then made Zabdi’s⁴² family approach man by man⁴³ and Achan son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, was selected.

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Footnotes

23 Heb “said.”
24 Heb “Why are you falling on your face?”
25 Heb “They have violated my covenant which I commanded them.”
26 Heb “what was set apart [to the Lord].”
27 Heb “and also they have stolen, and also they have lied, and also they have placed [them] among their items.”
28 Heb “they turn [the] back before their enemies because they are set apart [to destruction by the Lord].”
29 The second person pronoun is plural in Hebrew, indicating these words are addressed to the entire nation.
30 Heb “what is set apart [to destruction by the Lord] from your midst.”
31 Heb “what is set apart [to destruction by the Lord] [is] in your midst.”
32 Heb “remove what is set apart [i.e., to destruction by the Lord] from your midst.”
33 Heb “by your tribes.”
34 Heb “takes forcefully, seizes.”
35 Heb “houses.”
36 Heb “by men.”
37 Heb “with what was set apart [to the Lord].”
38 Heb “burned with fire.”
39 Heb “by tribes.”
40 See the note on “Zabdi” in .
41 Heb “and he selected Zabdi.” The Lord is the apparent subject. The supports reading a passive (Niphal) form here, as does the immediate context.
42 Heb “his”; the referent (Zabdi) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
43 Heb “by men.”