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Joshua 7:6-15

6AndJoshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091renthisclothesשִׂמְלֹתָ֗יוsim.lo.TavH8071,andfellH5307totheearthH776uponhisfaceH6440beforethearkאֲר֤וֹן'a.RonH727ofJehovahuntiltheeveningהָעֶ֔רֶבha.'E.revH6153,heandtheeldersוְזִקְנֵ֣יve.zik.NeiH2205ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478;andtheyputdustעָפָ֖ר'a.FarH6083upontheirheadsרֹאשָֽׁם׃ro.ShamH7218.

7AndJoshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091saidH559,Alasאֲהָ֣הּ׀'a.HahH162,OLordאֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiH136Jehovah, wherefore hast thouatallbroughtthispeopleהָעָ֤םha.'AmH5971overtheJordanהַיַּרְדֵּ֔ןhai.yar.DenH3383,todeliverusintothehandבְּיַ֥דbe.YadH3027oftheAmoritesH567,tocauseustoperishH6?wouldthatwehadbeencontentanddweltH3427beyondtheJordanהַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃hai.yar.DenH3383!

8Oh,Lordאֲדֹנָ֑י'a.do.NaiH136,whatshallIsayאֹמַ֔ר'o.MarH559,afterthatIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֛לYis.ra.'ElH3478hathturnedהָפַ֧ךְha.FakhH2015theirbacksH6203beforetheirenemiesאֹיְבָֽיו׃'o.ye.VavH341!

9FortheCanaanitesH3669andalltheinhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵ֣יyo.she.VeiH3427ofthelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776willhearוְיִשְׁמְע֣וּve.yish.me.'UH8085ofit,andwillcompassusroundH5437,andcutוְהִכְרִ֥יתוּve.hikh.Ri.tuH3772offournameשְׁמֵ֖נוּshe.Me.nuH8034fromtheearthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776:andwhatwilt thoudoforthygreatהַגָּדֽוֹל׃ סha.ga.DolH1419nameלְשִׁמְךָ֥le.shim.KhaH8034?

10AndJehovahsaidH559untoJoshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091,Gettheeup; wherefore art thouthusfallenנֹפֵ֥לno.FelH5307uponthyfaceפָּנֶֽיךָ׃pa.Nei.khaH6440?

11Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478hathsinnedH2398; yea,theyhaveeventransgressedmycovenantבְּרִיתִ֔יbe.ri.TiH1285whichIcommandedצִוִּ֖יתִיtzi.Vi.tiH6680them: yea,theyhaveeventakenH3947ofthedevotedthingבִכְלֵיהֶֽם׃vikh.lei.HemH3627,andhavealsoH1571stolenH1589,anddissembledalsoH1571;andtheyhaveevenputשָׂ֥מוּSa.muH7760itamongtheirown stuff.

12ThereforethechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElH3478cannotstandלָקוּם֙la.KumH6965beforetheirenemiesאֹיְבֵיהֶ֔ם'o.ye.vei.HemH341;theyturnיִפְנוּ֙yif.NuH6437theirbacksH6203beforetheirenemiesאֹֽיְבֵיהֶ֔ם'o.ye.vei.HemH341,becausetheyarebecomeהָי֖וּha.YuH1961accursed:Iwillnotbeלִֽהְי֣וֹתlih.YotH1961withyouanymore,exceptyedestroyתַשְׁמִ֛ידוּtash.Mi.duH8045thedevotedthingfromamongyou.

13Up,sanctifyH6942thepeopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971,andsayH559,SanctifyH6942yourselvesagainstto-morrow:forthusכֹה֩khohH3541saithJehovah,theGodאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElH3478,ThereisadevotedthinginthemidstH7130ofthee,OIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478; thou canstnotstandH6965beforethineenemiesאֹיְבֶ֔יךָ'o.ye.Vei.khaH341,untilyetakeawayH5493thedevotedthingfromamongyou.

14Inthemorningבַּבֹּ֖קֶרba.Bo.kerH1242thereforeyeshallbeוְהָיָ֡הve.ha.YahH1961broughtH7126nearbyyourtribesH7626:anditshallbeH1961,thatthetribeH7626whichJehovahtakethshallcomenearbyfamiliesלַמִּשְׁפָּח֗וֹתla.mish.pa.ChotH4940;andthefamilyוְהַמִּשְׁפָּחָ֞הve.ha.mish.pa.ChahH4940whichJehovahshalltakeH3920shallcomenearbyhouseholdsH1004;andthehouseholdH1004whichJehovahshalltakeH3920shallcomenearmanH1397bymanH1397.

15Anditshallbeוְהָיָה֙ve.ha.YahH1961,thathethatistakenH3920withthedevotedthingshallbeH1961burntwithfireבָּאֵ֔שׁba.'EshH784,heandallthathehath;becausehehath transgressedthecovenantבְּרִ֣יתbe.RitH1285ofJehovah,andbecausehehath wroughtfollyנְבָלָ֖הne.va.LahH5039inIsraelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃be.Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

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