In Good News Translation this verse consists of one rather lengthy sentence, which may need to be divided into at least two smaller units. For example, “Then Joshua and all the people of Israel took Achan and the things that he had stolen down to Trouble Valley. They also took his sons and daughters, his cattle, donkeys, and sheep, his tent, and everything else he owned.”It should be noticed that in verse 24 the silver, the cloak, and the gold bar are among the objects taken to Trouble Valley to be destroyed; but 6.19 specifies that all silver and gold was to be placed in the Lord’s treasury (see also 6.24). The Septuagint omits “the silver, the cloak, the bar of gold,” which may have been added to the original Hebrew text; see Bright.
Quoted with permission from Bratcher, Robert G. and Newman, Barclay M. A Handbook on Joshua. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 1983. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .
