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Joshua 6:18

But keep away from the things devoted to destruction, lest you yourself be set apart for destruction. If you take any of these, you will set apart the camp of Israel for destruction and bring disaster upon it.

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ASV

But as for you, only keep yourselves from the devoted thing, lest when ye have devoted it, ye take of the devoted thing; so would ye make the camp of Israel accursed, and trouble it.

KJV

And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.

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17 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְרַק־ve.rak-and onlyH7535 →
אַתֶּם֙'a.TemyouH859 →
שִׁמְר֣וּshim.RukeepH8104 →
מִן־min-fromH4480 →
הַחֵ֔רֶםha.Che.remthe devoted thing[s]H2764 →
פֶּֽן־pen-lestH6435 →
תַּחֲרִ֖ימוּta.cha.Ri.muyou should totally destroyH2763 →
וּלְקַחְתֶּ֣םu.le.kach.Temand you will takeH3947 →
מִן־min-any ofH4480 →
הַחֵ֑רֶםha.Che.remthe devoted thing[s]H2764 →
וְשַׂמְתֶּ֞םve.sam.Temand you will makeH7760 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
מַחֲנֵ֤הma.cha.Neh[the] camp ofH4264 →
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
לְחֵ֔רֶםle.Che.reminto a devoted thingH2764 →
וַעֲכַרְתֶּ֖םva.'a.khar.Temand you will troubleH5916 →
אוֹתֽוֹ׃'o.To<obj.> itH853 →

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1 John 5:21Little children, keep yourselves from idols.Ephesians 5:11Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.Joshua 7:11–12Israel has sinned; they have transgressed My covenant that I commanded them, and they have taken some of what was devoted to destruction. Indeed, they have stolen and lied, and they have put these things with their own possessions.Joshua 7:1The Israelites, however, acted unfaithfully regarding the things devoted to destruction. Achan son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of what was set apart. So the anger of the LORD burned against the Israelites.Joshua 7:25“Why have you brought this trouble upon us?” said Joshua. “Today the LORD will bring trouble upon you!” And all Israel stoned him to death. Then they stoned the others and burned their bodies.2 Corinthians 6:17“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”Deuteronomy 23:9When you are encamped against your enemies, then you shall keep yourself from every wicked thing.Proverbs 10:22The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it.1 Kings 18:17–18When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is that you, O troubler of Israel?”Ecclesiastes 9:18Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.Jonah 1:12“Pick me up,” he answered, “and cast me into the sea, so it may quiet down for you. For I know that I am to blame for this violent storm that has come upon you.”James 1:27Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.Romans 12:9Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.Joshua 7:12This is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies. They will turn their backs and run from their enemies, because they themselves have been set apart for destruction. I will no longer be with you unless you remove from among you whatever is devoted to destruction.Deuteronomy 7:26And you must not bring any detestable thing into your house, or you, like it, will be set apart for destruction. You are to utterly detest and abhor it, because it is set apart for destruction.1 Samuel 14:28–42Then one of the soldiers told him, “Your father bound the troops with a solemn oath, saying, ‘Cursed is the man who eats food today.’ That is why the people are faint.”2 Samuel 21:1During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the Gibeonites.”1 Chronicles 2:7The son of Carmi: Achar, who brought trouble upon Israel by violating the ban on devoted things.

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The Walls of Jericho Fall Down — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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