Yosua 7:9

7:9 When the Canaanites and all who live in the land hear about this, they will turn against us and destroy the very memory of us ¹  from the earth. What will you do to protect your great reputation?” ² 

Yosua 7:12

7:12 The Israelites are unable to stand before their enemies; they retreat because they have become subject to annihilation. ³  I will no longer be with you, ⁴  unless you destroy what has contaminated you. ⁵ 

Yosua 22:17

22:17 The sin we committed at Peor was bad enough. To this very day we have not purified ourselves; it even brought a plague on the community of the Lord. ⁶ 

[7:9]  ¹ tn Heb “and cut off our name.”

[7:9]  ² tn Heb “What will you do for your great name?”

[7:12]  ³ tn Heb “they turn [the] back before their enemies because they are set apart [to destruction by the Lord].”

[7:12]  ⁴ tn The second person pronoun is plural in Hebrew, indicating these words are addressed to the entire nation.

[7:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “what is set apart [to destruction by the Lord] from your midst.”

[22:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “Was the sin of Peor too insignificant for us, from which we have not made purification to this day? And there was a plague in the assembly of the Lord.”