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Joshua 7:16-18
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16 Bright and early the next morning Joshua made Israel approach in tribal order,[a] and the tribe of Judah was selected. 17 He then made the clans of Judah approach, and the clan of the Zerahites was selected. He made the clan of the Zerahites approach, and Zabdi[b] was selected.[c] 18 He then made Zabdi’s[d] family approach man by man[e] and Achan son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, was selected.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 7:16 tn Heb “by tribes.”
  2. Joshua 7:17 tn See the note on “Zabdi” in Jos 7:1.
  3. Joshua 7:17 tn Heb “and he selected Zabdi.” The Lord is the apparent subject. The LXX supports reading a passive (Niphal) form here, as does the immediate context.
  4. Joshua 7:18 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Zabdi) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  5. Joshua 7:18 tn Heb “by men.”
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