Joshua 7:1

Achan Sins and is Punished

7:1 But the Israelites disobeyed the command about the city’s riches. ¹  Achan son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, ²  son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, stole some of the riches. ³  The Lord was furious with the Israelites. ⁴ 

Joshua 7:11-12

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 

Joshua 7:15

7:15 The one caught with the riches ¹¹  must be burned up ¹²  along with all who belong to him, because he violated the Lord’s covenant and did such a disgraceful thing in Israel.’”

Deuteronomy 7:26

7:26 You must not bring any abhorrent thing into your house and thereby become an object of divine wrath ¹³  along with it. ¹⁴  You must absolutely detest ¹⁵  and abhor it, ¹⁶  for it is an object of divine wrath.

Deuteronomy 13:17

13:17 You must not take for yourself anything that has been placed under judgment. ¹⁷  Then the Lord will relent from his intense anger, show you compassion, have mercy on you, and multiply you as he promised your ancestors.

¹ tn Heb “But the sons of Israel were unfaithful with unfaithfulness concerning what was set apart [to the Lord].”

² tn 1 Chr 2:6 lists a “Zimri” (but no Zabdi) as one of the five sons of Zerah (cf. also 1 Chr 7:17, 18).

³ tn Heb “took from what was set apart [to the Lord].”

⁴ tn Heb “the anger of the Lord burned against the sons of Israel.”

⁵ tn Heb “They have violated my covenant which I commanded them.”

⁶ tn Heb “what was set apart [to the Lord].”

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 Lord].”

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 Lord] from your midst.”

¹¹ tn Heb “with what was set apart [to the Lord].”

¹² tn Heb “burned with fire.”

¹³ tn Heb “come under the ban” (so NASB); NRSV “be set apart for destruction.” The same phrase occurs again at the end of this verse.

¹⁴ tn Or “like it is.”

¹⁵ tn This Hebrew verb (שָׁקַץ, shaqats) is essentially synonymous with the next verb (תָעַב, ta’av; cf. תּוֹעֵבָה, to’evah; see note on the word “abhorrent” in v. 25), though its field of meaning is more limited to cultic abomination (cf. Lev 11:11, 13; Ps 22:25).

¹⁶ tn Heb “detesting you must detest and abhorring you must abhor.” Both verbs are preceded by a cognate infinitive absolute indicating emphasis.

¹⁷ tn Or “anything that has been put under the divine curse”; Heb “anything of the ban” (cf. NASB). See note on the phrase “divine judgment” in Deut 2:34.