Genesis 20:9

20:9 Abimelech summoned Abraham and said to him, “What have you done to us? What sin did I commit against you that would cause you to bring such great guilt on me and my kingdom? ¹  You have done things to me that should not be done!” ² 

Genesis 26:10

26:10 Then Abimelech exclaimed, “What in the world have you done to us? ³  One of the men ⁴  might easily have had sexual relations with ⁵  your wife, and you would have brought guilt on us!”

Deuteronomy 13:6-8

False Prophets in the Family

13:6 Suppose your own full brother, ⁶  your son, your daughter, your beloved wife, or your closest friend should seduce you secretly and encourage you to go and serve other gods ⁷  that neither you nor your ancestors ⁸  have previously known, ⁹  13:7 the gods of the surrounding people (whether near you or far from you, from one end of the earth ¹⁰  to the other). 13:8 You must not give in to him or even listen to him; do not feel sympathy for him or spare him or cover up for him.

Deuteronomy 13:1

13:1 Suppose a prophet or one who foretells by dreams ¹¹  should appear among you and show you a sign or wonder, ¹² 

Deuteronomy 26:19

26:19 Then ¹³  he will elevate you above all the nations he has made and you will receive praise, fame, and honor. ¹⁴  You will ¹⁵  be a people holy to the Lord your God, as he has said.

Joshua 7:19-26

7:19 So Joshua said to Achan, “My son, honor ¹⁶  the Lord God of Israel and give him praise! Tell me what you did; don’t hide anything from me!” 7:20 Achan told Joshua, “It is true. I have sinned against the Lord God of Israel in this way: ¹⁷  7:21 I saw among the goods we seized a nice robe from Babylon, ¹⁸  two hundred silver pieces, ¹⁹  and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels. I wanted them, so I took them. They are hidden in the ground right in the middle of my tent with the silver underneath.”

7:22 Joshua sent messengers who ran to the tent. The things were hidden right in his tent, with the silver underneath. ²⁰  7:23 They took it all from the middle of the tent, brought it to Joshua and all the Israelites, and placed ²¹  it before the Lord. 7:24 Then Joshua and all Israel took Achan, son of Zerah, along with the silver, the robe, the bar of gold, his sons, daughters, ox, donkey, sheep, tent, and all that belonged to him and brought them up to the Valley of Disaster. ²²  7:25 Joshua said, “Why have you brought disaster ²³  on us? The Lord will bring disaster on you today!” All Israel stoned him to death. (They also stoned and burned the others.) ²⁴  7:26 Then they erected over him a large pile of stones (it remains to this very day ²⁵ ) and the Lord’s anger subsided. So that place is called the Valley of Disaster to this very day.

Joshua 7:1

Achan Sins and is Punished

7:1 But the Israelites disobeyed the command about the city’s riches. ²⁶  Achan son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, ²⁷  son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, stole some of the riches. ²⁸  The Lord was furious with the Israelites. ²⁹ 

Joshua 14:1

Judah’s Tribal Lands

14:1 The following is a record of the territory assigned to the Israelites in the land of Canaan by Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the Israelite tribal leaders. ³⁰ 

Joshua 21:22

21:22 Kibzaim, and Beth Horon, along with the grazing areas of each – a total of four cities.

Joshua 21:2

21:2 in Shiloh in the land of Canaan and said, “The Lord told Moses to assign us cities in which to live along with the grazing areas for our cattle.”

Joshua 21:9-11

21:9 They assigned from the tribes of Judah and Simeon the cities listed below. 21:10 They were assigned to the Kohathite clans of the Levites who were descendants of Aaron, ³¹  for the first lot belonged to them. 21:11 They assigned them Kiriath Arba (Arba was the father of Anak), that is, Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, along with its surrounding grazing areas.

[20:9]  ¹ tn Heb “How did I sin against you that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin?” The expression “great sin” refers to adultery. For discussion of the cultural background of the passage, see J. J. Rabinowitz, “The Great Sin in Ancient Egyptian Marriage Contracts,” JNES 18 (1959): 73, and W. L. Moran, “The Scandal of the ‘Great Sin’ at Ugarit,” JNES 18 (1959): 280-81.

[20:9]  ² tn Heb “Deeds which should not be done you have done to me.” The imperfect has an obligatory nuance here.

[26:10]  ³ tn Heb “What is this you have done to us?” The Hebrew demonstrative pronoun “this” adds emphasis: “What in the world have you done to us?” (R. J. Williams, Hebrew Syntax, 24, §118).

[26:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “people.”

[26:10]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew verb means “to lie down.” Here the expression “lie with” or “sleep with” is euphemistic for “have sexual relations with.”

[13:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “your brother, the son of your mother.” In a polygamous society it was not rare to have half brothers and sisters by way of a common father and different mothers.

[13:6]  ⁷ tn In the Hebrew text these words are in the form of a brief quotation: “entice you secretly saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods.’”

[13:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 17).

[13:6]  ⁹ tn Heb “which you have not known, you or your fathers.” (cf. KJV, ASV; on “fathers” cf. v. 18).

[13:7]  ¹⁰ tn Or “land” (so NIV, NCV); the same Hebrew word can be translated “land” or “earth.”

[13:1]  ¹¹ tn Heb “or a dreamer of dreams” (so KJV, ASV, NASB). The difference between a prophet (נָבִיא, navi’) and one who foretells by dreams (חֹלֵם אוֹ, ’o kholem) was not so much one of office – for both received revelation by dreams (cf. Num 12:6) – as it was of function or emphasis. The prophet was more a proclaimer and interpreter of revelation whereas the one who foretold by dreams was a receiver of revelation. In later times the role of the one who foretold by dreams was abused and thus denigrated as compared to that of the prophet (cf. Jer 23:28).

[13:1]  ¹² tn The expression אוֹת אוֹ מוֹפֵת (’ot ’o mofet) became a formulaic way of speaking of ways of authenticating prophetic messages or other works of God (cf. Deut 28:46; Isa 20:3). The NT equivalent is the Greek term σημεῖον (shmeion), a sign performed (used frequently in the Gospel of John, cf. 2:11, 18; 20:30-31). They could, however, be counterfeited or (as here) permitted to false prophets by the Lord as a means of testing his people.

[26:19]  ¹³ tn Heb “so that.” Verses 18-19 are one sentence in the Hebrew text, but the translation divides it into three sentences for stylistic reasons. The first clause in verse 19 gives a result of the preceding clause. When Israel keeps God’s law, God will bless them with fame and honor (cf. NAB “he will then raise you high in praise and renown and glory”; NLT “And if you do, he will make you greater than any other nation”).

[26:19]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “for praise and for a name and for glory.”

[26:19]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and to be.” A new sentence was started here for stylistic reasons.

[7:19]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “give glory to.”

[7:20]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “like this and like this I did.”

[7:21]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “Shinar,” a reference to Babylon (cf. Gen 10:10; 11:2; 14:1). Many modern translations retain the Hebrew name “Shinar” (cf. NEB, NRSV) but some use the more familiar “Babylon” (cf. NIV, NLT).

[7:21]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “shekels.”

[7:22]  ²⁰ tn Heb “Look, [it was] hidden in his tent, and the silver was beneath it.”

[7:23]  ²¹ tn Heb “poured out,” probably referring to the way the silver pieces poured out of their container.

[7:24]  ²² tn Or “Trouble” The name is “Achor” in Hebrew, which means “disaster” or “trouble” (also in v. 26).

[7:25]  ²³ tn Or “trouble.” The word is “achor” in Hebrew (also in the following clause).

[7:25]  ²⁴ tc Heb “and they burned them with fire and they stoned them with stones.” These words are somewhat parenthetical in nature and are omitted in the LXX; they may represent a later scribal addition.

[7:26]  ²⁵ tc Heb “to this day.” The phrase “to this day” is omitted in the LXX and may represent a later scribal addition.

[7:1]  ²⁶ tn Heb “But the sons of Israel were unfaithful with unfaithfulness concerning what was set apart [to the Lord].”

[7:1]  ²⁷ 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).

[7:1]  ²⁸ tn Heb “took from what was set apart [to the Lord].”

[7:1]  ²⁹ tn Heb “the anger of the Lord burned against the sons of Israel.”

[14:1]  ³⁰ tn Heb “These are [the lands] which the sons of Israel received as an inheritance in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes assigned as an inheritance to the sons of Israel.”

[21:10]  ³¹ tn Heb “and it belonged to the sons of Aaron, from the Kohathite clans, from the sons of Levi.”