Joshua 7:16-21

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. 7:19 So Joshua said to Achan, “My son, honor ⁶  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: ⁷  7:21 I saw among the goods we seized a nice robe from Babylon, ⁸  two hundred silver pieces, ⁹  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.”

[7:16]  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]  ³ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Zabdi) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[7:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “by men.”

[7:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “give glory to.”

[7:20]  ⁵ tn Heb “like this and like this I did.”

[7:21]  ⁶ 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]  ⁷ tn Heb “shekels.”