7:10 The Lord responded 3 to Joshua, “Get up! Why are you lying there face down? 4 7:11 Israel has sinned; they have violated my covenantal commandment! 5 They have taken some of the riches; 6 they have stolen them and deceitfully put them among their own possessions. 7 7:12 The Israelites are unable to stand before their enemies; they retreat because they have become subject to annihilation. 8 I will no longer be with you, 9 unless you destroy what has contaminated you. 10 7:13 Get up! Ritually consecrate the people and tell them this: ‘Ritually consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, because the Lord God of Israel says, “You are contaminated, 11 O Israel! You will not be able to stand before your enemies until you remove what is contaminating you.” 12 7:14 In the morning you must approach in tribal order. 13 The tribe the Lord selects 14 must approach by clans. The clan the Lord selects must approach by families. 15 The family the Lord selects must approach man by man. 16 7:15 The one caught with the riches 17 must be burned up 18 along with all who belong to him, because he violated the Lord’s covenant and did such a disgraceful thing in Israel.’”
7:2 Joshua sent men from Jericho 19 to Ai (which is located near Beth Aven, east of Bethel 20 ) and instructed them, “Go up and spy on the land.” So the men went up and spied on Ai.
21:1 The tribal leaders of the Levites went before Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun and the Israelite tribal leaders
10:37 “Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. 10:38 And whoever does not take up his cross 21 and follow me is not worthy of me.
10:1 Jesus 22 called his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits 23 so they could cast them out and heal every kind of disease and sickness. 24
1:1 From Paul, 25 an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
1 sn Richly paneled houses. Paneling is otherwise known in the OT only in connection with the temple (1 Kgs 6:9) and the royal palace (2 Kgs 7:3, 7). It implies decoration and luxury (cf. NCV “fancy houses”; TEV “well-built houses”; NLT “luxurious houses”). The impropriety of the people living in such lavish accommodations while the temple lay unfinished is striking.
2 tn Heb “Is it time for you, [yes] you, to live in paneled houses, while this house is in ruins”; NASB “lies desolate”; NIV “remains a ruin.”
3 tn Heb “said.”
4 tn Heb “Why are you falling on your face?”
5 tn Heb “They have violated my covenant which I commanded them.”
6 tn Heb “what was set apart [to the
7 tn Heb “and also they have stolen, and also they have lied, and also they have placed [them] among their items.”
8 tn Heb “they turn [the] back before their enemies because they are set apart [to destruction by the
9 tn The second person pronoun is plural in Hebrew, indicating these words are addressed to the entire nation.
10 tn Heb “what is set apart [to destruction by the
11 tn Heb “what is set apart [to destruction by the
12 tn Heb “remove what is set apart [i.e., to destruction by the
13 tn Heb “by your tribes.”
14 tn Heb “takes forcefully, seizes.”
15 tn Heb “houses.”
16 tn Heb “by men.”
17 tn Heb “with what was set apart [to the
18 tn Heb “burned with fire.”
19 map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.
20 map For the location of Bethel see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.
21 sn It was customary practice in a Roman crucifixion for the prisoner to be made to carry his own cross. Jesus is speaking figuratively here in the context of rejection. If the priority is not one’s allegiance to Jesus, then one will not follow him in the face of possible rejection.
22 tn Grk “And he.”
23 sn Unclean spirits refers to evil spirits.
24 tn Grk “and every [kind of] sickness.” Here “every” was not repeated in the translation for stylistic reasons.
25 tn Grk “Paul.” The word “from” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate the sender of the letter.
26 tn The Greek word translated “departed from” (ἀφίημι, afihmi; L&N 15.48) can actually be used of divorce (L&N 34.78), so the imagery here is very strong.
27 tn The Greek pronoun ὅσος (Josos) means “as many as” and can be translated “All those” or “Everyone.”