18 But keep yourselves from the things set apart, or you will be set apart for destruction. If you[a] take any of those things, you will set apart the camp of Israel for destruction and make trouble for it.

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  1. 6:18 LXX reads you covet and; Jos 7:21

18 But keep away from the devoted things,(A) so that you will not bring about your own destruction by taking any of them. Otherwise you will make the camp of Israel liable to destruction(B) and bring trouble(C) on it.

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Carmi’s son: Achar,[a](A) who brought trouble on Israel when he was unfaithful by taking the things set apart for destruction.

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  1. 2:7 = Trouble; Achan in Jos 7:1,16–26

The son of Karmi:

Achar,[a](A) who brought trouble on Israel by violating the ban on taking devoted things.[b](B)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 2:7 Achar means trouble; Achar is called Achan in Joshua.
  2. 1 Chronicles 2:7 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.