"Riseup! Consecratethe peopleand say,'Consecrateyourselves for tomorrow,for thusthe LORD,the Godof Israel,has said,"There are thingsunderthe banin your midst,O Israel.You cannotstandbeforeyour enemiesuntilyou have removedthe thingsunderthe banfrom your midst."
Jacob'ssonscameupon the slainand lootedthe city,becausethey had defiledtheir sister.
"Nowyou are proposingto subjugatefor yourselves the peopleof Judahand Jerusalemfor maleand femaleslaves.Surely,[do] you not [have] transgressionsof your ownagainst the LORDyour God?
"You hypocrite,firsttakethe logout of your own eye,and thenyou will see clearlyto takethe speckout of your brother'seye.
"Ifyour brother,your mother'sson,oryour sonordaughter,orthe wifeyou cherish,oryour friendwhois as your own soul,enticeyou secretly,saying,Let us goand serveothergods(whomneitheryou noryour fathershave known,
Then Joshuasaidto the people,"Consecrateyourselves, for tomorrowthe LORDwill dowondersamongyou."
"But as for you, onlykeepyourselves from the thingsunderthe ban,sothat you do not covet[them] and takesomeof the thingsunderthe ban,and makethe campof Israelaccursedand bringtroubleon it.
"Israelhas sinned,and they have alsotransgressedMy covenantwhichI commandedthem. And they have eventakensomeof the thingsunderthe banand have bothstolenand deceived.Moreover, they have alsoput[them] among their own things.
