Now select for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one per tribe.

"Select for yourselves twelve men from the people, one per tribe.

Joshua summoned the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one per tribe.

He has done this so all the nations of the earth might recognize the Lord's power and so you might always obey the Lord your God."

I saw among the goods we seized a nice robe from Babylon, two hundred silver pieces, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels. I wanted them, so I took them. They are hidden in the ground right in the middle of my tent with the silver underneath."

Then Joshua and all Israel took Achan, son of Zerah, along with the silver, the robe, the bar of gold, his sons, daughters, ox, donkey, sheep, tent, and all that belonged to him and brought them up to the Valley of Disaster.

So now we are in your power. Do to us what you think is good and appropriate.

Beth Peor, the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth Jeshimoth.

The Israelites killed Balaam son of Beor, the omen reader, along with the others.

Hazar Shual, Beer Sheba, Biziothiah,

Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,

Their assigned land included Beer Sheba, Moladah,

as well as all the towns around these cities as far as Baalath Beer (Ramah of the Negev). This was the land assigned to the tribe of Simeon by its clans.

The sin we committed at Peor was bad enough. To this very day we have not purified ourselves; it even brought a plague on the community of the Lord.

Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, launched an attack against Israel. He summoned Balaam son of Beor to call down judgment on you.

I refused to respond to Balaam; he kept prophesying good things about you, and I rescued you from his power.