Joshua 7:16-18

7:16 Bright and early the next morning Joshua made Israel approach in tribal order ¹  and the tribe of Judah was selected. 7:17 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 ²  was selected. ³  7:18 He then made Zabdi’s ⁴  family approach man by man ⁵  and Achan son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, was selected.

[7:16]  ¹ tn Heb “by tribes.”

[7:17]  ² tn See the note on “Zabdi” in 1 Chr 7:1.

[7:17]  ³ 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.

[7:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Zabdi) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[7:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “by men.”