Joshua 7:15 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁵ And the one who is taken as having the devoted things shall be burned with fire, together with all that he has, for having transgressed the covenant of the Lord and for having done an outrageous thing in Israel.’ ”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ And he who is taken with the devoted things shall be [killed and his body] burned with fire, he and all he has, because he has transgressed the covenant of the Lord and because he has done a shameful and wicked thing in Israel. [Josh. 7:25.]

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

¹⁵ The person selected, who has the things reserved for God, must be put to death by burning. Burn everything that belongs to him too. This is because he has violated the LORD’s covenant and has committed an outrage in Israel.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ And whoever he may be that will be found guilty of this deed, he shall be burnt with fire with all his substance. For he transgressed the covenant of the Lord, and he committed a wicked act in Israel."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁵ And whosoever he be that shall be found guilty of this fact, he shall be burnt with fire with all his substance: because he hath transgressed the covenant of the Lord, and hath done wickedness in Israel.

Joshua 7:15 Cross References

Genesis 34:7

just as the sons of Jacob came in from the field. When they heard of it, the men were indignant and very angry, because he had committed an outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter, for such a thing ought not to be done.

2 Samuel 13:13

As for me, where could I carry my shame? And as for you, you would be as one of the scoundrels in Israel. Now therefore, I beg you, speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.”

Joshua 7:11

Israel has sinned; they have transgressed my covenant that I imposed on them. They have taken some of the devoted things; they have stolen, they have acted deceitfully, and they have put them among their own belongings.

Joshua 7:16

So Joshua rose early in the morning and brought Israel near tribe by tribe, and the tribe of Judah was taken.

Judges 20:10

We will take ten men of a hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred of a thousand, and a thousand of ten thousand, to bring provisions for the troops who will go to repay Gibeah of Benjamin for all the disgrace that they have done in Israel.”

Judges 20:5

The lords of Gibeah rose up against me and surrounded the house at night. They intended to kill me, and they raped my concubine until she died.

Judges 20:6

Then I took my concubine and cut her into pieces and sent her throughout the whole extent of Israel’s territory, for they have committed a vile outrage in Israel.

1 Samuel 26:21

Then Saul said, “I have done wrong; come back, my son David, for I will never harm you again, because my life was precious in your sight today; I have been a fool and have made a great mistake.”