Discovery BoxJoshua 7:14-18 
Context7:14 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.
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
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
10 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Zabdi) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
11 tn Heb “by men.”
