Joshua 7:13 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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.”

Joshua 7:13 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Joshua 7:13 in 6 Bible Translations

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Joshua 7:13 WEB — 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 among you, Israel. You cannot stand before your enemies until you take away the devoted thing from among you.””

Joshua 7:13 — World English Bible

Joshua 7:13 ASV — 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. ”

Joshua 7:13 — American Standard Version

Joshua 7:13 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“`Rise, sanctify the people, and thou hast said, Sanctify yourselves for to-morrow; for thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, A devoted thing <FI>is<Fi> 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;”

Joshua 7:13 — Young's Literal Translation

Joshua 7:13 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Rise up, hallow the people, and say, Hallow yourselves for to-morrow; for thus saith Jehovah theGod of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, Israel: thou shalt not be able to stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from your midst. ”

Joshua 7:13 — Darby Translation

Joshua 7:13 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Vp therefore, sanctifie the people, and say, Sanctifie your selues against to morowe: for thus saith the Lord 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.”

Joshua 7:13 — Geneva Bible

Joshua 7:13 in Context — Joshua 7

11 Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff.

12 Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you.

13 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.

14 In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the Lord taketh shall come according to the families thereof; and the family which the Lord shall take shall come by households; and the household which the Lord shall take shall come man by man.

15 And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed the covenant of the Lord, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel.

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