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Joshua 7:12

This 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.

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ASV

Therefore the children of Israel cannot stand before their enemies; they turn their backs before their enemies, because they are become accursed: I will not be with you any more, except ye destroy the devoted thing from among you.

KJV

Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you.

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23 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְלֹ֨אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
יֻכְל֜וּyukh.Luthey are ableH3201 →
בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] people ofH1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
לָקוּם֙la.Kumto standH6965 →
לִפְנֵ֣יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440 →
אֹיְבֵיהֶ֔ם'o.ye.vei.Hemenemies theirH341 →
עֹ֗רֶף'O.refa neckH6203 →
יִפְנוּ֙yif.Nuthey turnH6437 →
לִפְנֵ֣יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440 →
אֹֽיְבֵיהֶ֔ם'o.ye.vei.Hemenemies theirH341 →
כִּ֥יkiforH3588 →
הָי֖וּha.Yuthey have becomeH1961 →
לְחֵ֑רֶםle.Che.rem<into> a devoted thingH2764 →
לֹ֤אlo'notH3808 →
אוֹסִיף֙'o.SifI will repeatH3254 →
לִֽהְי֣וֹתlih.Yotto beH1961 →
עִמָּכֶ֔ם'i.ma.Khemwith youH5973 →
אִם־'im-ifH518 →
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808 →
תַשְׁמִ֛ידוּtash.Mi.duyou will destroyH8045 →
הַחֵ֖רֶםha.Che.remthe devoted thing[s]H2764 →
מִֽקִּרְבְּכֶֽם׃Mi.kir.be.Khemfrom midst yourH7130 →

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Psalms 5:4–5For You are not a God who delights in wickedness; no evil can dwell with You.Psalms 106:30But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained.Isaiah 59:2But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear.Psalms 60:10Have You not rejected us, O God? Will You no longer march out, O God, with our armies?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.”Judges 16:20Then she called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” When Samson awoke from his sleep, he thought, “I will escape as I did before and shake myself free.” But he did not know that the LORD had departed from him.Judges 2:14Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.Joshua 6:18But 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.Numbers 14:45Then the Amalekites and Canaanites who lived in that part of the hill country came down, attacked them, and routed them all the way to Hormah.Psalms 44:10You have made us retreat from the foe, and those who hate us have plundered us.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.Haggai 2:13–14So Haggai asked, “If one who is defiled by contact with a corpse touches any of these, does it become defiled?” “Yes, it becomes defiled,” the priests answered.Deuteronomy 21:23you must not leave the body on the tree overnight, but you must be sure to bury him that day, because anyone who is hung on a tree is under God’s curse. You must not defile the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.1 Samuel 4:2The Philistines arrayed themselves against Israel, and as the battle spread, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who struck down about four thousand men on the battlefield.Leviticus 20:4And if the people of the land ever hide their eyes and fail to put to death the man who gives one of his children to Molech,Numbers 14:42Do not go up, lest you be struck down by your enemies, because the LORD is not among you.Numbers 25:13It will be a covenant of permanent priesthood for him and his descendants, because he was zealous for his God and made atonement for the Israelites.”Deuteronomy 25:19When the LORD your God gives you rest from the enemies around you in the land that He is giving you to possess as an inheritance, you are to blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven. Do not forget!

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