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15 The one caught with the devoted things[a] will be burned with fire, he and all that belongs to him, because he transgressed the covenant[b] of Yahweh, and because he did a disgraceful thing in Israel.”’”

16 So[c] Joshua rose early in the morning and brought forward Israel, tribe by tribe,[d] and the tribe of Judah was selected by lot. 17 And he brought forward the clans of Judah and selected the clan of the Zerahites[e] by lot. Then he brought forward the clan of the Zerahites,[f] one by one, and Zabdi was selected by lot.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 7:15 Hebrew “thing” or “consecrated possession”
  2. Joshua 7:15 Literally “he crossed the covenant”
  3. Joshua 7:16 Or “And”
  4. Joshua 7:16 Literally “according to its tribes”
  5. Joshua 7:17 Hebrew “Zerahite”
  6. Joshua 7:17 Hebrew “Zerahite”