Joshua 7:16

16 Joshua was up at the crack of dawn and called Israel up tribe by tribe. The tribe of Judah was singled out.

Joshua 7:16 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 7:16

So Joshua rose up early in the morning
Which showed his readiness and diligence to obey the command of God; and as there was much work to do, it required that he should rise early:

and brought Israel by their tribes:
before the Lord, at the tabernacle, where he and the high priest and elders attended; each tribe was thither brought by their representatives:

and the tribe of Judah was taken:
either his stone in the breastplate of the high priest looked dull, as some say, or rather the lot being cast fell on that tribe.

Joshua 7:16 In-Context

14 "First thing in the morning you will be called up by tribes. The tribe God names will come up clan by clan; the clan God names will come up family by family; and the family God names will come up man by man.

15 The person found with the cursed things will be burned, he and everything he has, because he broke God's covenant and did this despicable thing in Israel."

16 Joshua was up at the crack of dawn and called Israel up tribe by tribe. The tribe of Judah was singled out.

17 Then he called up the clans and singled out the Zerahites. He called up the Zerahite families and singled out the Zabdi family.

18 He called up the family members one by one and singled out Achan son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah of the tribe of Judah.