¹⁴ In the morning you must come forward by tribes. The tribe which the Lord designates shall come forward by clans; the clan which the Lord designates shall come forward by families; the family which the Lord designates shall come forward one by one. ¹⁵ Whoever is designated as having incurred the ban shall be destroyed by fire, with all that is his, because he has trangressed the covenant of the Lord and has committed a shameful crime in Israel.”^(A)

Achan’s Guilt and Punishment. ¹⁶ Early the next morning Joshua had Israel come forward by tribes, and the tribe of Judah was designated.^{[a] 17} Then he had the clans of Judah come forward, and the clan of Zerah was designated. He had the clan of Zerah^(B) come forward by families, and Zabdi was designated. ¹⁸ Finally he had that family come forward one by one, and Achan, son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah of the tribe of Judah, was designated. ¹⁹ Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the Lord, the God of Israel, and praise him by telling me what you have done; do not hide it from me.” ²⁰ Achan answered Joshua, “I have indeed sinned against the Lord, the God of Israel. This is what I have done:

^26 [a](A)Then they gave lots to them, and the lot fell upon Matthias, and he was counted with the eleven apostles.