Joshua 6:18
6:18 But be careful when you are setting apart the riches for the Lord. If you take any of it, you will make the Israelite camp subject to annihilation and cause a disaster. 1
Joshua 7:12
7:12 The Israelites are unable to stand before their enemies; they retreat because they have become subject to annihilation. 2 I will no longer be with you, 3 unless you destroy what has contaminated you. 4
1 tn Heb “Only you keep [away] from what is set apart [to the Lord] so that you might not, as you are setting [it] apart, take some of what is set apart [to the Lord] and make the camp of Israel set apart [to destruction by the Lord] and bring trouble on it.”
2 tn Heb “they turn [the] back before their enemies because they are set apart [to destruction by the Lord].”
3 tn The second person pronoun is plural in Hebrew, indicating these words are addressed to the entire nation.
4 tn Heb “what is set apart [to destruction by the Lord] from your midst.”