Yosua 7:12-18

7:12 The Israelites are unable to stand before their enemies; they retreat because they have become subject to annihilation. ¹  I will no longer be with you, ²  unless you destroy what has contaminated you. ³  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, ⁴  O Israel! You will not be able to stand before your enemies until you remove what is contaminating you.” ⁵  7:14 In the morning you must approach in tribal order. ⁶  The tribe the Lord selects ⁷  must approach by clans. The clan the Lord selects must approach by families. ⁸  The family the Lord selects must approach man by man. ⁹  7:15 The one caught with the riches ¹⁰  must be burned up ¹¹  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 ¹²  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 ¹³  was selected. ¹⁴  7:18 He then made Zabdi’s ¹⁵  family approach man by man ¹⁶  and Achan son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, was selected.

¹ tn Heb “they turn [the] back before their enemies because they are set apart [to destruction by the Lord].”

² tn The second person pronoun is plural in Hebrew, indicating these words are addressed to the entire nation.

³ tn Heb “what is set apart [to destruction by the Lord] from your midst.”

⁴ tn Heb “what is set apart [to destruction by the Lord] [is] in your midst.”

⁵ tn Heb “remove what is set apart [i.e., to destruction by the Lord] from your midst.”

⁶ tn Heb “by your tribes.”

⁷ tn Heb “takes forcefully, seizes.”

⁸ tn Heb “houses.”

⁹ tn Heb “by men.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “with what was set apart [to the Lord].”

¹¹ tn Heb “burned with fire.”

¹² tn Heb “by tribes.”

¹³ tn See the note on “Zabdi” in 1 Chr 7:1.

¹⁴ 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.

¹⁵ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Zabdi) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁶ tn Heb “by men.”