¹⁴ “‘In the morning, present^(A) yourselves tribe by tribe. The tribe the Lord chooses^(B) shall come forward clan by clan; the clan the Lord chooses shall come forward family by family; and the family the Lord chooses shall come forward man by man. ¹⁵ Whoever is caught with the devoted things^(C) shall be destroyed by fire,^(D) along with all that belongs to him.^(E) He has violated the covenant^(F) of the Lord and has done an outrageous thing in Israel!’”^(G)

¹⁶ Early the next morning Joshua had Israel come forward by tribes, and Judah was chosen. ¹⁷ The clans of Judah came forward, and the Zerahites were chosen.^(H) He had the clan of the Zerahites come forward by families, and Zimri was chosen. ¹⁸ Joshua had his family come forward man by man, and Achan son of Karmi, the son of Zimri, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah,^(I) was chosen.^(J)

¹⁹ Then Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory^(K) to the Lord, the God of Israel, and honor him. Tell^(L) me what you have done; do not hide it from me.”

²⁰ Achan replied, “It is true! I have sinned against the Lord, the God of Israel. This is what I have done:

²⁶ Then they cast lots, and the lot fell to Matthias; so he was added to the eleven apostles.^(A)