Joshua 7:1

Achan Sins and is Punished

7:1 But the Israelites disobeyed the command about the city’s riches.¹ Achan son of Carmi, son of Zabdi,² son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, stole some of the riches.³ The Lord was furious with the Israelites.⁴

Joshua 7:14

7:14 In the morning you must approach in tribal order.⁵ The tribe the Lord selects⁶ must approach by clans. The clan the Lord selects must approach by families.⁷ The family the Lord selects must approach man by man.⁸

Joshua 7:18

7:18 He then made Zabdi’s⁹ family approach man by man¹⁰ and Achan son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, was selected.

Joshua 12:6

12:6 Moses the Lord’s servant and the Israelites defeated them and Moses the Lord’s servant assigned their land¹¹ to Reuben, Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh.

Joshua 15:1

15:1 The land allotted to the tribe of Judah by its clans reached to the border of Edom, to the Wilderness of Zin in the Negev far to the south.¹²

Joshua 15:13

15:13 Caleb son of Jephunneh was assigned Kiriath Arba (that is Hebron) within the tribe of Judah, according to the Lord’s instructions to Joshua. (Arba was the father of Anak.)¹³

Joshua 16:5

16:5 The territory of the tribe of Ephraim by its clans included the following:¹⁴ The border of their assigned land to the east was Ataroth Addar as far as upper Beth Horon.

Joshua 17:1

17:1 The tribe of Manasseh, Joseph’s firstborn son, was also allotted land.¹⁵ The descendants of Makir, Manasseh’s firstborn and the father of Gilead, received land, for they were warriors.¹⁶ They were assigned Gilead and Bashan.¹⁷

Joshua 18:14

18:14 It then turned on the west side southward from the hill near Beth Horon on the south and extended to Kiriath Baal (that is, Kiriath Jearim), a city belonging to the tribe¹⁸ of Judah. This is the western border.¹⁹

Joshua 18:28

18:28 Zelah, Haeleph, the Jebusite city²⁰ (that is, Jerusalem),²¹ Gibeah, and Kiriath – a total of fourteen cities and their towns.²² This was the land assigned to the tribe of Benjamin²³ by its clans.

Joshua 19:8

19:8 as well as all the towns around these cities as far as Baalath Beer (Ramah of the Negev). This was the land assigned to the tribe of Simeon by its clans.²⁴

Joshua 21:32

21:32 from the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee (a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter), Hammoth Dor, and Kartan, along with the grazing areas of each – a total of three cities.

Joshua 22:9-11

22:9 So the Reubenites, Gadites, and half-tribe of Manasseh left the Israelites in Shiloh in the land of Canaan and headed home to their own land in Gilead,²⁵ which they acquired by the Lord’s command through Moses.

Civil War is Averted

22:10 The Reubenites, Gadites, and half-tribe of Manasseh came to Geliloth near the Jordan in the land of Canaan and built there, near the Jordan, an impressive altar.²⁶ 22:11 The Israelites received this report:²⁷ “Look, the Reubenites, Gadites, and half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar at the entrance to²⁸ the land of Canaan, at Geliloth near the Jordan on the Israelite side.”

¹tn Heb “But the sons of Israel were unfaithful with unfaithfulness concerning what was set apart [to the Lord].”

²tn 1 Chr 2:6 lists a “Zimri” (but no Zabdi) as one of the five sons of Zerah (cf. also 1 Chr 7:17, 18).

³tn Heb “took from what was set apart [to the Lord].”

⁴tn Heb “the anger of the Lord burned against the sons of Israel.”

sn This incident illustrates well the principle of corporate solidarity and corporate guilt. The sin of one man brought the Lord’s anger down upon the entire nation.

⁵tn Heb “by your tribes.”

⁶tn Heb “takes forcefully, seizes.”

⁷tn Heb “houses.”

⁸tn Heb “by men.”

⁹tn Heb “his”; the referent (Zabdi) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁰tn Heb “by men.”

¹¹tn Heb “gave it for a possession.”

¹²tn Heb “The lot was to the tribe of the sons of Judah by their clans to the border of Edom, the wilderness of Zin toward the south, southward.”

¹³tn Heb “To Caleb son of Jephunneh he gave a portion in the midst of the sons of Judah according to the mouth [i.e., command] of the Lord to Joshua, Kiriath Arba (the father of Anak), it is Hebron.”

¹⁴tn Heb “The territory of the sons of Ephraim was for their clans.”

¹⁵tn Heb “and the lot belonged to the tribe of Manasseh, for he was the firstborn of Joseph.”

¹⁶tn Heb “to Makir, the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, for he was a man of war.”

¹⁷tn Heb “Gilead and Bashan belonged to him.”

sn On the assignment of Manasseh’s territory in Gilead and Bashan, see Josh 13:31.

¹⁸tn Heb “sons,” here referring to the tribe.

¹⁹tn Or “side.”

²⁰tn The word “city” is supplied in the translation for clarification.

²¹map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

²²tn The structure of this list presents problems. In v. 28 no conjunction appears before “Haeleph” or “Kiriath” in the Hebrew text. This suggests they should be compounded with the preceding names, yielding “Zelah Haeleph” and “Gibeah Kiriath” respectively. This results in a list of only twelve cities, however, while the summary statement (v. 28) gives the number fourteen. One should note, however, that the city lists in chap. 15 do not consistently use the conjunction before the name of each city. See also Josh 19:7, where no conjunction appears before “Rimmon,” but the summary assumes that Ain and Rimmon are distinct.

²³tn Heb “This is the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin.”

²⁴tn Heb “this was the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Simeon.”

²⁵tn Heb “returned and went from the sons of Israel, from Shiloh which is in the land of Canaan, to go to the land of Gilead, to the land of their possession.”

²⁶tn Heb “and they went to Geliloth of the Jordan which is in the land of Canaan, and the sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh built there an altar near the Jordan, an altar great with respect to appearance.”

²⁷tn Heb “the sons of Israel heard, saying.”

²⁸tn Heb “toward the front of.”