Joshua 7:14 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the LORD taketh shall come according to the families thereof; and the family which the LORD shall take shall come by households; and the household which the LORD shall take shall come man by man.

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

So in the morning, you will come forward by your tribes. The tribe that the LORD chooses will then come forward by their families. The family that the LORD chooses will come forward by their households. And the household that the LORD chooses will come forward person by person.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

God is telling Joshua exactly how He will identify the guilty person among all the Israelites through a step-by-step process of elimination.

📚 Historical Context

This occurs after Israel's devastating defeat at Ai, when God revealed that someone had disobeyed His command by taking forbidden items from Jericho. Joshua is receiving instructions for a divine selection process that will narrow down from the entire nation to identify the guilty individual who brought God's judgment upon Israel.

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