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14 In the morning then you shall come near by your tribes. And it will be that the tribe which (A)Yahweh takes by lot shall come near by families, and the family which Yahweh takes shall come near by households, and the household which Yahweh takes shall come near man by man. 15 (B)And it will be that the one who is taken with the things devoted to destruction shall be burned with fire, he and all that belongs to him, because he has trespassed against the covenant of Yahweh, and because he (C)has committed a disgraceful thing in Israel.’”

The Sin of Achan

16 So Joshua arose early in the morning and brought Israel near by [a]tribes, and the tribe of Judah was taken. 17 And he brought the family of Judah near, and he took the family of the Zerahites; and he brought the family of the Zerahites near man by man, and Zabdi was taken. 18 And he brought his household near man by man; and (D)Achan, son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, was taken.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 7:16 Lit its tribes

Joshua Gathers Israel

24 Then (A)Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem and called for the elders of Israel and for their heads and their judges and their officers; and they presented themselves before God.

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33 The (A)lot is cast into the lap,
But its every (B)judgment is from Yahweh.

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