Joshua 7:13

Good News Translation

Get up! Purify the people and get them ready to come before me. Tell them to be ready tomorrow, because I, the Lord God of Israel, have this to say: ‘Israel, you have in your possession some things that I ordered you to destroy! You cannot stand against your enemies until you get rid of these things!’

Cross References

Genesis 34:27

After the slaughter Jacob's other sons looted the town to take revenge for their sister's disgrace.

2 Chronicles 28:10

And now you intend to make the men and women of Jerusalem and Judah your slaves. Don't you know that you also have committed sins against the Lord your God?

Matthew 7:5

You hypocrite! First take the log out of your own eye, and then you will be able to see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.

Deuteronomy 13:6

“Even your brother or your son or your daughter or the wife you love or your closest friend may secretly encourage you to worship other gods, gods that you and your ancestors have never worshiped.

Joshua 3:5

Joshua told the people, “Purify yourselves, because tomorrow the Lord will perform miracles among you.”

Joshua 6:18

But you are not to take anything that is to be destroyed; if you do, you will bring trouble and destruction on the Israelite camp.

Joshua 7:11

Israel has sinned! They have broken the agreement with me that I ordered them to keep. They have taken some of the things condemned to destruction. They stole them, lied about it, and put them with their own things.