Joshua 7:13

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Go, consecrate the people. Tell them, ‘Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, because this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: There are devoted things among you, Israel. You cannot stand against your enemies until you remove them.’

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Get up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow: for thus says the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of you, O Israel: you cannot stand before your enemies, until you take away the accursed thing from among you.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Up,{H6965} sanctify{H6942} the people,{H5971} and say,{H559} Sanctify{H6942} yourselves against to-morrow:{H4279} for thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} There is a devoted thing{H2764} in the midst{H7130} of thee, O Israel;{H3478} thou canst{H3201} not stand{H6965} before{H6440} thine enemies,{H341} until ye take away{H5493} the devoted thing{H2764} from among{H7130} you.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Up{H6965}{(H8798)}, sanctify{H6942}{(H8761)} the people{H5971}, and say{H559}{(H8804)}, Sanctify{H6942}{(H8690)} yourselves against to morrow{H4279}: for thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of Israel{H3478}, There is an accursed thing{H2764} in the midst{H7130} of thee, O Israel{H3478}: thou canst{H3201}{(H8799)} not stand{H6965}{(H8800)} before{H6440} thine enemies{H341}{(H8802)}, until ye take away{H5493}{(H8687)} the accursed thing{H2764} from among{H7130} you.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Stonde vp, and sanctifie the people, and saye: Sanctifie yor selues agaynst tomorow for thus sayeth the LORDE God of Israel: There is a damned thinge in the O Israel, therfore canst thou not stonde before thine enemies, tyll ye put awaye the damned from amonge you.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Vp therefore, sanctifie the people, and say, Sanctifie your selues against to morowe: for thus saith the Lorde God of Israel, There is an execrable thing among you, O Israel, therefore ye cannot stand against your enemies, vntill ye haue put the execrable thing from among you.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Up therfore and sanctifie the people, and say: Sanctifie your selues against to morowe, for so sayde the Lorde God of Israel, there is a dampned thyng among you, O Israel: and therfore ye cannot stande against your enemies, vntyll ye haue put the dampned thing from among you.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, [There is] an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow: for thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, There is a devoted thing in the midst of you, Israel; you can not stand before your enemies, until you take away the devoted thing from among you.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    `Rise, sanctify the people, and thou hast said, Sanctify yourselves for to-morrow; for thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, A devoted thing `is' in thy midst, O Israel, thou art not able to stand before thine enemies till your turning aside of the devoted thing out of your midst;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow: for thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, There is a devoted thing in the midst of thee, O Israel; thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the devoted thing from among you.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to-morrow: for thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, There is a devoted thing in the midst of thee, O Israel; thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the devoted thing from among you.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Up! make the people holy; say to them, Make yourselves holy before tomorrow, for the Lord, the God of Israel, has said, There is a cursed thing among you, O Israel, and you will give way before your attackers in the fight till the cursed thing has been taken away from among you.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    "Get up! Sanctify the people, and say, 'Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow, for Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, "There is a devoted thing in the midst of you, Israel. You cannot stand before your enemies until you take away the devoted thing from among you."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Get up! Ritually consecrate the people and tell them this:‘Ritually consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, because this is what the LORD God of Israel has said,“You are contaminated, O Israel! You will not be able to stand before your enemies until you remove what is contaminating you.”

Referenced Verses

  • Josh 3:5 : 5 Then Joshua said to the people, 'Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do amazing things among you.'
  • Josh 6:18 : 18 But you must keep yourselves from taking any of the things devoted to destruction; otherwise, you will bring destruction upon the camp of Israel and trouble it.
  • Josh 7:11 : 11 Israel has sinned; they have violated my covenant, which I commanded them to keep. They have taken some of the devoted things; they have stolen, they have lied, and they have put them with their own possessions.
  • 2 Chr 28:10 : 10 And now you intend to enslave the men and women of Judah and Jerusalem. But aren’t you also guilty of sins against the LORD your God?
  • Lam 3:40-41 : 40 Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD. 41 Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to God in heaven:
  • Joel 2:16-17 : 16 Gather the people, consecrate the assembly; bring together the elders, gather the children, even nursing infants. Let the bridegroom come out from his chamber and the bride from her wedding canopy. 17 Let the priests, who minister before the LORD, weep between the portico and the altar. Let them say, 'Spare your people, LORD. Do not make your heritage an object of scorn, a byword among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, “Where is their God?”'
  • Zeph 2:1-2 : 1 Gather yourselves together, yes, gather together, you nation without shame! 2 Before the decree takes effect, before the day passes like chaff, before the fierce anger of the Lord comes upon you, before the day of the Lord's anger comes upon you.
  • Matt 7:5 : 5 Hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.
  • 1 Cor 5:1-6 : 1 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and a kind of immorality that is not even found among the Gentiles—a man is sleeping with his father’s wife. 2 And you are proud! Shouldn't you rather have mourned so that the one who has done this would be removed from among you? 3 For though I am absent in body, I am present in spirit, and I have already passed judgment on the one who has committed this act, as if I were present. 4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when you are gathered together, and my spirit is with you, along with the power of our Lord Jesus, 5 hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord. 6 Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough?
  • 1 Cor 5:11-13 : 11 But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother or sister but is sexually immoral, greedy, an idolater, a slanderer, a drunkard, or a swindler. With such a person, do not even eat. 12 What business is it of mine to judge outsiders? Are you not to judge those inside the church? 13 God will judge those outside. 'Expel the wicked person from among you.'
  • Exod 19:10-15 : 10 The LORD said to Moses, 'Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. Have them wash their garments. 11 They must be prepared for the third day, because on the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people on Mount Sinai. 12 Set boundaries for the people all around, saying, 'Be careful not to go up the mountain or touch its edge. Whoever touches the mountain must surely be put to death. 13 No hand is to touch it; anyone who touches it must be stoned or shot with arrows. Whether animal or human, they must not be allowed to live.' Only when the ram’s horn sounds a long blast may they go up the mountain. 14 Moses went down from the mountain to the people, consecrated them, and they washed their garments. 15 He said to the people, 'Be ready by the third day; do not go near a woman.'

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Josh 7:11-12
    2 verses
    84%

    11 Israel has sinned; they have violated my covenant, which I commanded them to keep. They have taken some of the devoted things; they have stolen, they have lied, and they have put them with their own possessions.

    12 That is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies; they turn their backs and run because they have been made liable to destruction. I will not be with you anymore unless you destroy whatever among you is devoted to destruction.

  • Josh 6:18
    80%

    18 But you must keep yourselves from taking any of the things devoted to destruction; otherwise, you will bring destruction upon the camp of Israel and trouble it.

  • Josh 7:14-16
    3 verses
    79%

    14 In the morning, present yourselves tribe by tribe. The tribe the Lord selects shall come forward clan by clan; the clan the Lord selects shall come forward family by family; and the family the Lord selects shall come forward man by man.

    15 The one caught with the devoted things shall be burned with fire, he and all that belongs to him, because he has violated the Lord’s covenant and has done an outrageous thing in Israel.

    16 Early the next morning, Joshua had Israel come forward by tribes, and the tribe of Judah was taken.

  • Josh 3:5
    75%

    5 Then Joshua said to the people, 'Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do amazing things among you.'

  • Deut 7:25-26
    2 verses
    75%

    25 You must burn the carved images of their gods in the fire. Do not covet the silver or gold on them, and do not take it for yourself, or you will be ensnared by it. For it is detestable to the LORD your God.

    26 Do not bring any detestable thing into your house, or you will be set apart for destruction just like it. Utterly detest and abhor it, for it is set apart for destruction.

  • Deut 23:14
    75%

    14 You must have a tool among your equipment so that when you go outside the camp to relieve yourself, you can dig a hole with it and cover up your excrement.

  • Lev 20:7
    75%

    7 Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am the LORD your God.

  • 2 Chr 29:5
    74%

    5 He said to them, 'Listen to me, Levites! Now consecrate yourselves, and consecrate the house of the LORD, the God of your ancestors, and remove the impurity from the holy place.'

  • Josh 7:1
    74%

    1 But the Israelites acted unfaithfully with the things designated for destruction. Achan, son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, took some of the devoted things, and the anger of the Lord burned against the Israelites.

  • Deut 13:17
    74%

    17 Gather all the spoil of that city into its public square and burn the city and all its plunder as a complete offering to the LORD your God. It must remain a ruin forever, never to be rebuilt.

  • Num 31:19
    73%

    19 You must remain outside the camp for seven days. Anyone who has killed someone or touched a dead body must purify themselves on the third day and on the seventh day, both you and your captives.

  • Josh 22:18-20
    3 verses
    73%

    18 And now you are turning away from the LORD today! If you rebel against the LORD today, tomorrow He will be angry with the entire assembly of Israel.

    19 If, however, the land of your possession is unclean, then come over to the land the LORD possesses, where the LORD's tabernacle stands, and settle among us. But do not rebel against the LORD or against us by building an altar for yourselves other than the altar of the LORD our God.

    20 Did not Achan son of Zerah commit a treachery regarding the devoted things, and wrath fell upon the entire assembly of Israel? He was not the only one who died for his sin.'

  • Isa 52:11
    73%

    11 Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing! Come out from it and be pure, you who carry the vessels of the LORD.

  • Deut 17:4
    72%

    4 and you are told about it and hear of it, then you must investigate it thoroughly. If it is true and confirmed that such a detestable act has been done in Israel,

  • Ezra 9:11
    72%

    11 'that you commanded through your servants the prophets, saying: "The land you are entering to possess is a land defiled by the practices of its peoples and their detestable acts that have filled it with impurity from one end to the other."'

  • Deut 23:9
    72%

    9 The children born to them in the third generation may enter the assembly of the LORD.

  • Deut 13:14
    72%

    14 that wicked men have come out from among you and led the inhabitants of their city astray, saying, 'Let us go and worship other gods'—gods you have not known—

  • Lev 18:24
    72%

    24 Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves by all these things.

  • Ezek 20:7
    72%

    7 And I said to them, 'Each of you, get rid of the detestable things your eyes are set on, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.'

  • Num 8:6
    72%

    6 Take the Levites from among the Israelites and purify them.

  • Josh 24:23
    71%

    23 Now then," Joshua said, "put away the foreign gods that are among you, and direct your hearts toward the LORD, the God of Israel.

  • Jer 4:1
    71%

    1 If Israel, declares the LORD, you will return to me, you must remove your detestable things from my presence and not wander away.

  • 1 Chr 15:12
    71%

    12 He said to them, "You are the heads of the Levitical families. Consecrate yourselves, you and your relatives, so that you may bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, to the place I prepared for it.

  • Num 31:24
    71%

    24 On the seventh day you are to wash your clothes, and you will be clean. After that, you may enter the camp.

  • 2 Chr 13:12
    71%

    12 Now look, God is with us at our head, and His priests with their trumpets are ready to sound the battle cry against you. People of Israel, do not fight against the LORD, the God of your fathers, for you will not succeed.

  • Isa 31:6
    71%

    6 Return to the One you have so deeply rebelled against, O sons of Israel.

  • Num 33:52
    71%

    52 you must drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you, destroy all their stone images and cast idols, and demolish all their high places.

  • Ezek 11:18
    71%

    18 When they arrive there, they will remove all its detestable things and all its abominations.

  • Num 5:2
    71%

    2 Command the Israelites to send every person who has a skin disease, every person with a discharge, and anyone who is ceremonially unclean because of contact with a dead body out of the camp.

  • Josh 7:23
    71%

    23 They took the things from the tent, brought them to Joshua and all the Israelites, and spread them out before the Lord.

  • Lev 20:23
    71%

    23 Do not follow the customs of the nations that I am driving out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.

  • Lev 15:31
    71%

    31 You must warn the Israelites about their impurity, so they do not die by defiling My tabernacle, which is among them.

  • Lev 18:27
    71%

    27 For all these abominations were committed by the people who lived in the land before you, and the land was defiled.

  • Deut 13:11
    70%

    11 Stone him to death because he sought to turn you away from the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

  • Num 9:7
    70%

    7 and those men said to him, "We are unclean because of contact with a dead body. Why should we be excluded from presenting the LORD's offering at its appointed time with the rest of the people of Israel?"

  • Jer 11:3
    70%

    3 Say to them, ‘This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Cursed is the one who does not listen to the words of this covenant.

  • Isa 30:22
    70%

    22 Then you will defile your idols overlaid with silver and your images covered with gold; you will throw them away like a menstrual cloth and say to them, 'Away with you!'

  • Exod 19:10
    70%

    10 The LORD said to Moses, 'Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. Have them wash their garments.

  • Judg 2:2
    70%

    2 But you must not make a covenant with the people who live in this land. Instead, you are to break down their altars. Yet you have not obeyed me. What is this that you have done?'

  • Deut 7:1
    70%

    1 When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to take possession of, and He drives out many nations before you—the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites—seven nations more numerous and stronger than you,

  • Deut 17:2
    70%

    2 If a man or woman in one of the towns the LORD your God is giving you is found to have committed an evil act in the sight of the LORD your God, violating His covenant,

  • Jer 7:10
    70%

    10 and then come and stand before me in this house, which bears my name, and say, ‘We are safe,’ only to go on doing all these detestable things?

  • Lev 8:33
    70%

    33 You must not leave the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for seven days, until the days of your ordination are completed, because it will take seven days to ordain you.