¹⁴ In the morning then you shall come near by your tribes. And it will be that the tribe which ^(A)Yahweh takes by lot shall come near by families, and the family which Yahweh takes shall come near by households, and the household which Yahweh takes shall come near man by man. ^15 (B)And it will be that the one who is taken with the things devoted to destruction shall be burned with fire, he and all that belongs to him, because he has trespassed against the covenant of Yahweh, and because he ^(C)has committed a disgraceful thing in Israel.’”

The Sin of Achan

¹⁶ So Joshua arose early in the morning and brought Israel near by ^[a]tribes, and the tribe of Judah was taken. ¹⁷ And he brought the family of Judah near, and he took the family of the Zerahites; and he brought the family of the Zerahites near man by man, and Zabdi was taken. ¹⁸ And he brought his household near man by man; and ^(D)Achan, son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, was taken.

²⁰ Thus Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken by lot. ²¹ Then he brought the tribe of Benjamin near by its families, and the Matrite family was taken. And Saul the son of Kish was taken; but they looked for him, and he could not be found.

⁴¹ Therefore, Saul said to Yahweh, the God of Israel, “^(A)Give a perfect lot.” And Jonathan and Saul were taken, but the people escaped. ⁴² And Saul said, “Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son.” And Jonathan was taken.

²³ And they put forward two men, Joseph called Barsabbas (who was also called Justus), and ^(A)Matthias. ²⁴ And they ^(B)prayed and said, “You, Lord, ^(C)who know the hearts of all men, show which one of these two You have chosen ²⁵ to take the place of ^(D)this ministry and ^(E)apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.” ²⁶ And they ^[a](F)cast lots for them, and the lot fell ^[b]to ^(G)Matthias; and he was ^[c]added to ^(H)the eleven apostles.