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13 Get up! Ritually consecrate the people and tell them this: ‘Ritually consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, because this is what the Lord God of Israel has said, “You are contaminated,[a] O Israel! You will not be able to stand before your enemies until you remove what is contaminating you.”[b] 14 In the morning you must approach in tribal order.[c] The tribe the Lord selects[d] must approach by clans. The clan the Lord selects must approach by families.[e] The family the Lord selects must approach man by man.[f] 15 The one caught with the riches[g] must be burned up[h] along with all who belong to him, because he violated the Lord’s covenant and did such a disgraceful thing in Israel.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 7:13 tn Heb “what is set apart [to destruction by the Lord] [is] in your midst.”
  2. Joshua 7:13 tn Heb “remove what is set apart [i.e., to destruction by the Lord] from your midst.”
  3. Joshua 7:14 tn Heb “by your tribes.”
  4. Joshua 7:14 tn Heb “takes forcefully, seizes.”
  5. Joshua 7:14 tn Heb “houses.”
  6. Joshua 7:14 tn Heb “by men.”
  7. Joshua 7:15 tn Heb “with what was set apart [to the Lord].”
  8. Joshua 7:15 tn Heb “burned with fire.”