Joshua 6:18 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁸ “And you, by all means guard yourselves from that which is under the ban, lest you come under the ban when you take of that which is under the ban, and make the camp of Yisra’ĕ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ But you, keep yourselves from the accursed and devoted things, lest when you have devoted it [to destruction], you take of the accursed thing, and so make the camp of Israel accursed and trouble it.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ But as for you, only keep yourselves from the devoted thing, lest when ye have devoted it, ye take of the devoted thing; so would ye make the camp of Israel accursed, and trouble it.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ But you, keep away from the things set aside for God so that you don’t desire and take some of the things reserved. That would turn the camp of Israel into a thing doomed to be utterly wiped out and bring calamity on it.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ But you must be careful that you do not touch any of those things, as you have been instructed, for then you would be guilty of transgression, and all the camp of Israel would be under sin and would be troubled.

Joshua 6:18 Cross References

2 Samuel 21:1

And there was a scarcity of food in the days of Dawiḏ

Ecclesiastes 9:18

Wisdom is better than weapons of conflict, but one sinner destroys much good.

Jonah 1:12

And he said to them, “Take me and throw me into the sea, so that the sea becomes calm for you. For I know that this great storm is because of me.”

Romans 12:9

Let love be without hypocrisy. Shrink from what is wicked, cling to what is good.

2 Corinthians 6:17

Therefore, “Come out from among them and be separate, says יהוה, and do not touch what is unclean, and I shall receive you.

Ephesians 5:11

And have no fellowship with the fruitless works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

Deuteronomy 13:17

“And none of that which is put under the ban is to cling to your hand, so that יהוה  turns from the fierceness of His displeasure and shall show you compassion, love you and increase you, as He swore to your fathers,

Deuteronomy 23:10

“When there is any man among you who is not clean because of an emission in the night, then he shall go outside the camp. Let him not come into the midst of the camp.

Deuteronomy 7:26

“And do not bring an abomination into your house, lest you be accursed like it. Utterly loathe it and utterly hate it, for it is accursed.

James 1:27

Clean and undefiled religion before the Elohim and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.

Joshua 7:1

But the children of Yisra’ĕ

Joshua 7:13

“Rise up, set the people apart, and you shall say, ‘Set yourselves apart for tomorrow, because thus said יהוה  Elohim of Yisra’ĕ

Joshua 7:15

‘And it shall be that he who is taken with that which is under the ban is burned with fire, he and all that he has, because he has transgressed the covenant of יהוה, and because he has committed wickedness in Yisra’ĕ

Joshua 7:25

And Yehoshua said, “Why have you troubled us? יהוה  does trouble you today!” Then all Yisra’ĕ

1 John 5:21

Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amĕ

1 Samuel 15:9

But Sha’ul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep, and the cattle, and the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not put them under the ban. But all goods despised and worthless, that they put under the ban.