Yosua 7:18

7:18 He then made Zabdi’s ¹  family approach man by man ²  and Achan son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, was selected.

Bilangan 1:4

1:4 And to help you ³  there is to be a man from each ⁴  tribe, each man ⁵  the head ⁶  of his family. ⁷ 

[7:18]  ¹ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Zabdi) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[7:18]  ² tn Heb “by men.”

[1:4]  ³ tn Heb “and with you.”

[1:4]  ⁴ tn The construction uses the noun in a distributive sense: “a man, a man for a tribe,” meaning a man for each tribe.

[1:4]  ⁵ tn The clause expresses a distributive function, “a man” means “each man.”

[1:4]  ⁶ sn See J. R. Bartlett, “The Use of the Word ראשׁ as a Title in the Old Testament,” VT 19 (1969): 1-10.

[1:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “the house of his fathers.”