Discovery BoxJoshua 7:10-13 
Context7:10 The Lord responded 1 to Joshua, “Get up! Why are you lying there face down? 2 7:11 Israel has sinned; they have violated my covenantal commandment! 3 They have taken some of the riches; 4 they have stolen them and deceitfully put them among their own possessions. 5 7:12 The Israelites are unable to stand before their enemies; they retreat because they have become subject to annihilation. 6 I will no longer be with you, 7 unless you destroy what has contaminated you. 8 7:13 Get up! Ritually consecrate the people and tell them this: ‘Ritually consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, because the Lord God of Israel says, “You are contaminated, 9 O Israel! You will not be able to stand before your enemies until you remove what is contaminating you.” 10
1 tn Heb “said.”
2 tn Heb “Why are you falling on your face?”
3 tn Heb “They have violated my covenant which I commanded them.”
4 tn Heb “what was set apart [to the
5 tn Heb “and also they have stolen, and also they have lied, and also they have placed [them] among their items.”
6 tn Heb “they turn [the] back before their enemies because they are set apart [to destruction by the
7 tn The second person pronoun is plural in Hebrew, indicating these words are addressed to the entire nation.
8 tn Heb “what is set apart [to destruction by the
9 tn Heb “what is set apart [to destruction by the
10 tn Heb “remove what is set apart [i.e., to destruction by the
