Yosua 7:10-17

7:10 The Lord responded ¹  to Joshua, “Get up! Why are you lying there face down? ²  7:11 Israel has sinned; they have violated my covenantal commandment! ³  They have taken some of the riches; ⁴  they have stolen them and deceitfully put them among their own possessions. ⁵  7:12 The Israelites are unable to stand before their enemies; they retreat because they have become subject to annihilation. ⁶  I will no longer be with you, ⁷  unless you destroy what has contaminated you. ⁸  7:13 Get up! Ritually consecrate the people and tell them this: ‘Ritually consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, because the Lord God of Israel says, “You are contaminated, ⁹  O Israel! You will not be able to stand before your enemies until you remove what is contaminating you.” ¹⁰  7:14 In the morning you must approach in tribal order. ¹¹  The tribe the Lord selects ¹²  must approach by clans. The clan the Lord selects must approach by families. ¹³  The family the Lord selects must approach man by man. ¹⁴  7:15 The one caught with the riches ¹⁵  must be burned up ¹⁶  along with all who belong to him, because he violated the Lord’s covenant and did such a disgraceful thing in Israel.’”

7:16 Bright and early the next morning Joshua made Israel approach in tribal order ¹⁷  and the tribe of Judah was selected. 7:17 He then made the clans of Judah approach and the clan of the Zerahites was selected. He made the clan of the Zerahites approach and Zabdi ¹⁸  was selected. ¹⁹ 

[7:10]  ¹ tn Heb “said.”

[7:10]  ² tn Heb “Why are you falling on your face?”

[7:11]  ³ tn Heb “They have violated my covenant which I commanded them.”

[7:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “what was set apart [to the Lord].”

[7:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “and also they have stolen, and also they have lied, and also they have placed [them] among their items.”

[7:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “they turn [the] back before their enemies because they are set apart [to destruction by the Lord].”

[7:12]  ⁷ tn The second person pronoun is plural in Hebrew, indicating these words are addressed to the entire nation.

[7:12]  ⁸ tn Heb “what is set apart [to destruction by the Lord] from your midst.”

[7:13]  ⁹ tn Heb “what is set apart [to destruction by the Lord] [is] in your midst.”

[7:13]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “remove what is set apart [i.e., to destruction by the Lord] from your midst.”

[7:14]  ¹¹ tn Heb “by your tribes.”

[7:14]  ¹² tn Heb “takes forcefully, seizes.”

[7:14]  ¹³ tn Heb “houses.”

[7:14]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “by men.”

[7:15]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “with what was set apart [to the Lord].”

[7:15]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “burned with fire.”

[7:16]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “by tribes.”

[7:17]  ¹⁸ tn See the note on “Zabdi” in 1 Chr 7:1.

[7:17]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “and he selected Zabdi.” The Lord is the apparent subject. The LXX supports reading a passive (Niphal) form here, as does the immediate context.