Joshua 7 · Verse 17

Joshua 7:17

And he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zarhites: and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was taken:
Joshua 7:17, King James Version

Joshua 7:17 in other translations

BSBHe had the clans of Judah come forward, and the clan of the Zerahites was selected. He had the clan of the Zerahites come forward, and the family of Zabdi was selected.
WEBHe brought near the family of Judah, and he selected the family of the Zerahites. He brought near the family of the Zerahites man by man, and Zabdi was selected.
ASVand he brought near the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zerahites: and he brought near the family of the Zerahites man by man; and Zabdi was taken:
YLTand he bringeth near the family of Judah, and he captureth the family of the Zarhite; and he bringeth near the family of the Zarhite by men, and Zabdi is captured;
DARBYAnd he caused the families of Judah to come forward, and he took the family of the Zarhites. And he caused the family of the Zarhites to come forward man by man, and Zabdi was taken.
BBEThen he made Judah come forward, and the family of the Zerahites was taken; and he made the family of the Zerahites come forward man by man; and Zabdi was taken;
WebsterAnd he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zarhites: and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was taken:

What does Joshua 7:17 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 7:16-18

16-18. So Joshua rose up early, and brought Israel by their tribes--that is, before the tabernacle. The lot being appealed to (Pr 16:33), he proceeded in the inquiry from heads of tribes to heads of families, and from heads of households in succession to one family, and to particular persons in that family, until the criminal was found to be Achan, who, on Joshua's admonition, confessed the fact of having secreted…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 17 And he brought the family of Judah - Dr. Kennicott observes, "All Israel came near by Tribes, and one tribe was fixed on; then that tribe came by its Families, and one family was fixed on; then came that family by its Households, and one household was fixed on, and then that household, coming Man by Man, one man was fixed on. Yet according to the present text, in the execution of this command, all Israel came, and the tribe of Judah was fixed on; secondly came the families of Judah, and the family of the Zarhites was fixed on; thirdly came the family of the Zarhites Man by Man, and Zabdi was fixed on; and fourthly came the household of Zabdi Man by Man, and Achan was fixed on. So that in the third article the word for by households is most certainly left out; and the fourth article, man by man, is improperly expressed twice. Instead of לגברים laggebarim, Man by Man, in Jos 7:17, the true word לבתים labbottim, by Households, is preserved in six Hebrew copies, and the Syriac version. By this method was discovered Achan, as he is here five times called, though the valley in which he was stoned is called Achor. He is also called Achar in the text, and in all the versions, in 1Chr 2:7. He is called Achar in the five places of Joshua in the Syrian version; also in all five in the Greek of the Vatican MS., and twice in the Alexandrian MS., and so in Josephus." - Kennicott's Observat.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 7:16-26

See the folly of those that promise themselves secrecy in sin. The righteous God has many ways of bringing to light the hidden works of darkness. See also, how much it is our concern, when God is contending with us, to find out the cause that troubles us. We must pray with holy Job, Lord, show me wherefore thou contendest with me. Achan's sin began in the eye. He saw these fine things, as Eve saw the forbidden…

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Joshua 7:17 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיַּקְרֵב֙vai.yak.Revand he brought nearH7126
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
מִשְׁפַּ֣חַתmish.Pa.chat[the] family ofH4940
יְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahJudahH3063
וַיִּלְכֹּ֕דvai.yil.Kodand he tookH3920
אֵ֖ת'et<obj.>H853
מִשְׁפַּ֣חַתmish.Pa.chat[the] family ofH4940
הַזַּרְחִ֑יha.zar.Chithe Zerahite[s]H2227
וַיַּקְרֵ֞בvai.yak.Revand he brought nearH7126
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
מִשְׁפַּ֤חַתmish.Pa.chat[the] family ofH4940
הַזַּרְחִי֙ha.zar.Chithe Zerahite[s]H2227
לַגְּבָרִ֔יםla.ge.va.Rimto the menH1397
וַיִּלָּכֵ֖דvai.yi.la.Khedand he was taken by lotH3920
זַבְדִּֽי\׃zav.DiZabdiH2067

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Joshua 7:17

  • Numbers 26:20

    And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites.

  • Genesis 38:30

    And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah.

  • 1 Chronicles 2:4-7

    And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five. The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul. And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all. And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ge 38:30
Zarah.
Nu 26:20; 1Ch 2:4-7

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Context

  • Joshua 7:16

    So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken:

  • Joshua 7:17

    And he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zarhites: and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was taken:

  • Joshua 7:18

    And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.

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Joshua 7:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y haciendo allegar la tribu de Judá, fué tomada la familia de los de Zera; haciendo luego allegar la familia de los de Zera por los varones, fué tomado Zabdi;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et il fit approcher les familles de Juda; et il prit la famille des Zarkhites. Et il fit approcher la famille des Zarkhites par hommes; et Zabdi fut pris.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und er ließ die Geschlechter Judas herzutreten; und er traf das Geschlecht der Sarchiter. Und er ließ das Geschlecht der Sarchiter herzutreten nach den Männern; und es ward getroffen Sabdi.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Quæ cum juxta familias suas esset oblata, inventa est familia Zare. Illam quoque per domos offerens, reperit Zabdi: