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"Stand up! ^(C1)Consecrate the people and say, 'Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, because the LORD, the God of Israel, has said this: "^(C2)There are things designated for destruction in your midst, Israel. You cannot stand against your enemies until you have removed the designated things from your midst."

'So in the morning you shall come forward by your tribes. And it shall be that the tribe which ^(C1)the LORD selects by lot shall come forward by families, and the family which the LORD selects shall come forward by households, and the household which the LORD selects shall come forward man by man.

'And ^(C1)it shall be that the one who is selected with the things designated for destruction shall be burned with fire, he and all that belongs to him, because he has violated the covenant of the LORD, and because he ^(C2)has committed a disgraceful thing in Israel.'"

So Joshua got up early in the morning and brought Israel forward by ^(F1)tribes, and the tribe of Judah was selected.

So he brought the family of Judah forward, and he selected the family of the Zerahites; then he brought the family of the Zerahites forward man by man, and Zabdi was selected.

And he brought his household forward man by man; and ^(C1)Achan, son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, was selected.