He 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.
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He 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.
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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:
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And 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.
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Passages linked to Joshua 7:17 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Numbers 26:20 The sons of Judah after their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Perezites; of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites.
- Genesis 38:30 Afterward his brother came out, who had the scarlet thread on his hand, and his name was called Zerah.
- 1 Chronicles 2:4-7 Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five. The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul. The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara; five of them in all. The son of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who committed a trespass in the devoted thing.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jos 7:17 And he brought the family of Judah;…
Jos 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:
Ver. 17. And Zabdi was taken.] Yet all this while Achan repenteth not, confesseth not his fault. The devil had gagged him, and his heart was hardened by the deceitfulness of that cursed sin of covetousness, the property whereof is first to turn men’s hearts into earth and mud, and afterwards to freeze and congeal them into steel and adamant.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The family of Judah; either,
The family of Judah; either,
1. The tribe or people, as the word family sometimes signifies, as Jdg 13:2; Zec 12:13; Amo 3:1; Act 3:25, compared with Rev 1:7. Or,
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2. The families, as Jos 7:14, the singular number for the plural, the chief of each of their five families, Num 26:20,21.
Man by man; not every individual person, as is evident from Jos 7:18, but every head of the several houses or lesser families of that greater family of the Zarhites, of which see 1Ch 2:6.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And he brought the family of Judah,.... That is,…
And he brought the family of Judah,.... That is, the tribe of Judah, as Kimchi and Ben Melech interpret it, (z); or rather, the several families in that tribe, even the heads of them:
and he took the family of the Zarhites: which descended from Zerah the son of Judah; that was taken by lot:
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and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and cast lots on them:
and Zabdi was taken: that part of the family of the Zarhites which sprung from Zabdi, a son of Zerah.
(z) So R. Sol. Ohel Moed, fol. 94. 2.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain The family - Either,
The family - Either,
1. the tribe or people, as the word family sometimes signifies, or,
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2. the families, as ver. 14, the singular number for the plural, the chief of each of their five families, Num. xxvi, 20, 21. Man by man - Not every individual person, as is evident from ver. 18, but every head of the several houses, or lesser families of that greater family of the Zarhites, of which see 1 Chron. ii, 6.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 17. And he brought the family of Judah]…
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 1Ch 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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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Jos 7:17. The family — Either, 1st, The tribe…
Jos 7:17. The family — Either, 1st, The tribe or people, as the word family sometimes signifies; or, 2d, The families, as Jos 7:14, the singular number being put for the plural, the chief of each of their five families, Num 26:20-21. Man by man — Not every individual person, as is evident from Jos 7:18, but every head of the several houses or lesser families of that greater family of the Zarhites, of which see 1Ch 2:6.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 17. The family of Judah — Some codices read…
17. The family of Judah — Some codices read families of Judah, but the singular is to be preferred. The meaning is the tribe, or collective family.
He took the family of the Zarhites — The lot, under Divine guidance, designated this division of Judah as containing the criminal.
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