Joshua 7:14-18

7:14 In the morning you must approach in tribal order. ¹  The tribe the Lord selects ²  must approach by clans. The clan the Lord selects must approach by families. ³  The family the Lord selects must approach man by man. ⁴  7:15 The one caught with the riches ⁵  must be burned up ⁶  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 ⁷  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 ⁸  was selected. ⁹  7:18 He then made Zabdi’s ¹⁰  family approach man by man ¹¹  and Achan son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, was selected.

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¹ tn Heb “by your tribes.”

² tn Heb “takes forcefully, seizes.”

³ tn Heb “houses.”

⁴ tn Heb “by men.”

⁵ tn Heb “with what was set apart [to the Lord].”

⁶ tn Heb “burned with fire.”

⁷ tn Heb “by tribes.”

⁸ tn See the note on “Zabdi” in 1 Chr 7:1.

⁹ 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.

¹⁰ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Zabdi) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹¹ tn Heb “by men.”