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Good News Translation

Joshua 7:16

Early the next morning Joshua brought Israel forward, tribe by tribe, and the tribe of Judah was picked out.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Discipline;   Dishonesty;   Disobedience to God;   Intercession;   Lot, the;   Nation;   Rising;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Armies of Israel, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Achan;   Anathema;   Miracle;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Joshua the son of nun;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Ezekiel, Theology of;   Person, Personhood;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Divination;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Lot (2);   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ai;   Joshua, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Covetousness;   Glory;   Jericho;   Joshua;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Lots;   Trial-At-Law;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Achan;   Anathema;   Journeyings of israel from egypt to canaan;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Breastplate;   Government of the Hebrews;   Justice;   Urim and Thummim;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Conquest of Canaan;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Decision;   Joshua, Book of;   Judge;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Admissions in Evidence;   Lots;   Repentance;   Theocracy;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Joshua got up early the next morning. He had Israel come forward tribe by tribe, and the tribe of Judah was selected.
Hebrew Names Version
So Yehoshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Yisra'el near by their tribes; and the tribe of Yehudah was taken:
King James Version
So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken:
Lexham English Bible
So Joshua rose early in the morning and brought forward Israel, tribe by tribe, and the tribe of Judah was selected by lot.
English Standard Version
So Joshua rose early in the morning and brought Israel near tribe by tribe, and the tribe of Judah was taken.
New Century Version
Early the next morning Joshua led all of Israel to present themselves in their tribes, and the Lord chose the tribe of Judah.
New English Translation
Bright and early the next morning Joshua made Israel approach in tribal order and the tribe of Judah was selected.
Amplified Bible
So Joshua got up early in the morning and had Israel come forward by tribes, and the tribe of Judah was chosen [by lot].
New American Standard Bible
So Joshua got up early in the morning and brought Israel forward by tribes, and the tribe of Judah was selected.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So Ioshua rose vp earely in the morning and brought Israel by their tribes: and the tribe of Iudah was taken.
Legacy Standard Bible
So Joshua arose early in the morning and brought Israel near by tribes, and the tribe of Judah was taken.
Contemporary English Version
Joshua got up early the next morning and brought each tribe to the place of worship, where the Lord showed that the Judah tribe was guilty.
Complete Jewish Bible
So Y'hoshua got up early in the morning and had Isra'el come forward, one tribe at a time; and the tribe of Y'hudah was taken.
Darby Translation
And Joshua rose early in the morning, and caused Israel to come forward by their tribes, and the tribe of Judah was taken.
Easy-to-Read Version
Early the next morning, Joshua led out all the Israelites. Each tribe came forward to stand before the Lord , and he chose the tribe of Judah.
George Lamsa Translation
So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought forward Israel by tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken;
Literal Translation
And Joshua rose early in the morning, and brought Israel near by its tribes. And the tribe of Judah was taken.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then Iosua gat him vp by tymes in the mornynge, and brought forth Israel, one trybe after another, and ye trybe of Iuda was taken.
American Standard Version
So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel near by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken:
Bible in Basic English
So Joshua got up early in the morning, and made Israel come before him by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And so Iosuah rose vp early in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes, & the tribe of Iuda was caught.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel near by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken.
King James Version (1611)
So Ioshua rose vp earely in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes, and the tribe of Iudah was taken.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Joshua rose up early, and brought the people by their tribes; and the tribe of Juda was pointed out.
English Revised Version
So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel near by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken:
Berean Standard Bible
So Joshua arose early the next morning and had Israel come forward tribe by tribe, and the tribe of Judah was selected.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor Josue roos eerly, and settide in ordre Israel, bi hise lynagis; and the lynage of Juda was foundun;
Young's Literal Translation
And Joshua riseth early in the morning, and bringeth Israel near by its tribes, and the tribe of Judah is captured;
Update Bible Version
So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel near by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken:
Webster's Bible Translation
So Joshua rose early in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken:
World English Bible
So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel near by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken:
New King James Version
So Joshua rose early in the morning and brought Israel by their tribes, and the tribe of Judah was taken.
New Living Translation
Early the next morning Joshua brought the tribes of Israel before the Lord , and the tribe of Judah was singled out.
New Life Bible
So Joshua got up early in the morning and brought Israel near by family groups. The family group of Judah was taken.
New Revised Standard
So Joshua rose early in the morning, and brought Israel near tribe by tribe, and the tribe of Judah was taken.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel near by their tribes, - and, the tribe of Judah, was seized;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Josue, therefore, when he rose in the morning, made Israel to come by their tribes, and the tribe of Juda was found.
Revised Standard Version
So Joshua rose early in the morning, and brought Israel near tribe by tribe, and the tribe of Judah was taken;
THE MESSAGE
Joshua was up at the crack of dawn and called Israel up tribe by tribe. The tribe of Judah was singled out. Then he called up the clans and singled out the Zerahites. He called up the Zerahite families and singled out the Zabdi family. He called up the family members one by one and singled out Achan son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah of the tribe of Judah.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So Joshua arose early in the morning and brought Israel near by tribes, and the tribe of Judah was taken.

Contextual Overview

16 Early the next morning Joshua brought Israel forward, tribe by tribe, and the tribe of Judah was picked out. 17 He brought the tribe of Judah forward, clan by clan, and the clan of Zerah was picked out. Then he brought the clan of Zerah forward, family by family, and the family of Zabdi was picked out. 18 He then brought Zabdi's family forward, one by one, and Achan, the son of Carmi and grandson of Zabdi, was picked out. 19 Joshua said to him, "My son, tell the truth here before the Lord , the God of Israel, and confess. Tell me now what you have done. Don't try to hide it from me." 20 "It's true," Achan answered. "I have sinned against the Lord , Israel's God, and this is what I did. 21 Among the things we seized I saw a beautiful Babylonian cloak, about five pounds of silver, and a bar of gold weighing over one pound. I wanted them so much that I took them. You will find them buried inside my tent, with the silver at the bottom." 22 So Joshua sent some men, who ran to the tent and found that the condemned things really were buried there, with the silver at the bottom. 23 They brought them out of the tent, took them to Joshua and all the Israelites, and laid them down in the presence of the Lord . 24 Joshua, along with all the people of Israel, seized Achan, the silver, the cloak, the bar of gold, together with Achan's sons and daughters, his cattle, donkeys, and sheep, his tent, and everything else he owned; and they took them to Trouble Valley. 25 And Joshua said, "Why have you brought such trouble on us? The Lord will now bring trouble on you!" All the people then stoned Achan to death; they also stoned and burned his family and possessions.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

rose up: Joshua 3:1, Genesis 22:3, Psalms 119:60, Ecclesiastes 9:10

and brought: Joshua 7:14

Reciprocal: Joshua 8:10 - rose up Joshua 18:8 - that I may here Judges 20:19 - rose up 1 Samuel 10:20 - caused 1 Samuel 14:41 - And Saul Ezekiel 24:6 - let no

Cross-References

Genesis 7:1
The Lord said to Noah, "Go into the boat with your whole family; I have found that you are the only one in all the world who does what is right.
Genesis 7:2
Take with you seven pairs of each kind of ritually clean animal, but only one pair of each kind of unclean animal.
Genesis 7:3
Take also seven pairs of each kind of bird. Do this so that every kind of animal and bird will be kept alive to reproduce again on the earth.
Genesis 7:4
Seven days from now I am going to send rain that will fall for forty days and nights, in order to destroy all the living beings that I have made."
Genesis 7:5
And Noah did everything that the Lord commanded.
Genesis 7:10
Seven days later the flood came.
Deuteronomy 33:27
God has always been your defense; his eternal arms are your support. He drove out your enemies as you advanced, and told you to destroy them all.
Psalms 46:2
So we will not be afraid, even if the earth is shaken and mountains fall into the ocean depths;
Proverbs 3:23
You can go safely on your way and never even stumble.
Matthew 25:10
So the foolish ones went off to buy some oil; and while they were gone, the bridegroom arrived. The five who were ready went in with him to the wedding feast, and the door was closed.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So Joshua rose up early in the morning,.... Which showed his readiness and diligence to obey the command of God; and as there was much work to do, it required that he should rise early:

and brought Israel by their tribes: before the Lord, at the tabernacle, where he and the high priest and elders attended; each tribe was thither brought by their representatives:

and the tribe of Judah was taken: either his stone in the breastplate of the high priest looked dull, as some say, or rather the lot being cast fell on that tribe.


 
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