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So the LORD said to Joshua, "Stand up! Why is it that you have fallen on your face?

"Israel has sinned, and ^(C1)they have also violated My covenant which I commanded them. And they have even taken some of the things designated for destruction, and have both stolen and kept it a secret. Furthermore, they have also put them among their own things.

"Therefore the ^(C1)sons of Israel cannot stand against their enemies; they turn their ^(F1)backs before their enemies, because they have become designated for destruction. I will not be with you anymore unless you eliminate from your midst the things designated for destruction.

"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.'"