Joshua 7:13

“Get up, sanctify the people and say, ‘Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow, for thus says YHWH, the Elohim of Israel: “A thing devoted to destruction is in your midst, Israel; you cannot stand before your enemies until you remove the things devoted to destruction from among you.””

Joshua 7:13 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Joshua 7:13, word by word

Get upקֻםkum

rise

To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.

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sanctifyקַדֵּשׁkadesh

consecrate

To set apart people, things or a day for God.

Where else “kadesh” appears
the peopleעָםam

crowd

The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.

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and sayאָמַרְתָּamarta

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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for tomorrowמָחָרmachar

tomorrow

The day that comes after today.

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YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

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the Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

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of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

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“A thing devoted to destruction isחֵרֶםcherem

devoted thing

What was given wholly to God and no one could keep for himself.

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in your midstקִרְבְּkirb

midst

In the midst of: "among the people".

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you cannotתוּכַלtuchal

be able

To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.

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beforeפְנֵיfene

before

Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.

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your enemiesאֹיְבֶיoyve

enemy

Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.

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you removeהֲסִירְhasir

remove

To take away something from where it was: an altar, a load, an office, loyal love.

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The context

12So the sons of Israel cannot stand before their enemies; they turn their back before their enemies, for they have become a thing devoted to destruction. I will not be with you any more unless you destroy the things devoted to destruction from among you.

13 · This verse (above)

14In the morning you shall come near by your tribes, and it shall be that the tribe that YHWH takes shall come near by families, and the family that YHWH takes shall come near by households, and the household that YHWH takes shall come near man by man.

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