Joshua 7:11-13
New English Translation
11 Israel has sinned; they have violated my covenantal commandment![a] They have taken some of the riches;[b] they have stolen them and deceitfully put them among their own possessions.[c] 12 The Israelites are unable to stand before their enemies; they retreat because they have become subject to annihilation.[d] I will no longer be with you,[e] unless you destroy what has contaminated you.[f] 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,[g] O Israel! You will not be able to stand before your enemies until you remove what is contaminating you.”[h]
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- Joshua 7:11 tn Heb “They have violated my covenant which I commanded them.”
- Joshua 7:11 tn Heb “what was set apart [to the Lord].”
- Joshua 7:11 tn Heb “and also they have stolen, and also they have lied, and also they have placed [them] among their items.”
- Joshua 7:12 tn Heb “they turn [the] back before their enemies because they are set apart [to destruction by the Lord].”
- Joshua 7:12 tn The second person pronoun is plural in Hebrew, indicating these words are addressed to the entire nation.
- Joshua 7:12 tn Heb “what is set apart [to destruction by the Lord] from your midst.”
- Joshua 7:13 tn Heb “what is set apart [to destruction by the Lord] [is] in your midst.”
- Joshua 7:13 tn Heb “remove what is set apart [i.e., to destruction by the Lord] from your midst.”
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