Joshua 7:8
7:8 If only we had been satisfied to live on the other side of the Jordan! O Lord, what can I say now that Israel has retreated 1 before its enemies?
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 “turned [the] back.”
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.”