ヨシュア記 7:11-15 JC

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 7:13

Verse 13 13.Up, sanctify the people, etc Although the word קדש has a more extensive meaning, yet as the subject in question is the expiation of the people, I have no doubt that it prescribes a formal rite of sanctification. Those, therefore, who interpret it generally as equivalent to prepare, do not, in my judgment, give it its full force. Nay, as they were now to be in a manner brought into the divine presence, there was need of purification that they might not come while unclean. It is also... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 7:6-15

The humiliation. I. — THE BITTERNESS OF REPENTANCE . 1. The sting of sin is sharper than its pleasure. The uneasiness which followed on Achan's transgression far outweighed any pleasure he could have derived from it. For, first, the possession of his treasure was itself a trouble. He had to hide it in his tent, and to watch carefully lest any one should discover it. Next, he brought death upon thirty-six of his innocent fellow-countrymen. Lastly, he brought the keenest... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 7:11

Israel hath sinned. A simple but satisfactory explanation. It is not God who changes. It is we who frustrate His counsels of love and protection against our enemies. We have here another assertion of the principle that if one member suffer all the members suffer with it. Achan's sin was the sin of all Israel. So the sin of one man is still the sin of the whole Church. And have also stolen. The accusation is cumulative. Israel, which was all involved in the sin of one among their number,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 7:12

Therefore . This plain statement disposes of the idea that the repulse before Ai was simply the result of Joshua's rashness in sending so small a body of troops. The vivid narrative of the detection of Achan, obviously taken from contemporary records, precedes the account of the final capture of the city, although Joshua, who, as we have seen, does not neglect to employ human means, resolves to take greater precautions before making a second attack. Not a hint is dropped that the former... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 7:13

Sanctify the people. See note on Joshua 3:5 . Thou canst not stand before thine enemies. Observe the singular number here, intensifying the testimony of the whole history to the fact that Israel was one body before the Lord. And observe, moreover, how the existence of secret sin, even though unknown to and undetected by him in whom it lurks, has power to enfeeble the soul in its conflict with its enemies. Hence we learn the duties Of watchfulness and careful examination of the soul by... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 7:14

Taketh , i.e; by lot, as in 1 Samuel 14:42 ( הַפִילוּ make it fall; cf. 1 Samuel 10:20 ) (cf. Jonah 1:7 ; also Proverbs 18:18 ). According to the families. The gradual centering of the suspicion upon the offender is one of the most striking features of the history. The genealogies of the children of Israel were very strictly kept, as the Books of Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah show. Achan's name is carefully given in the genealogy of Judah in 1 Chronicles if. 7. The... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 7:14

Sin discovered. This leads us to remark that— I. EVERY SIN IS KNOWN TO GOD . Joshua was ignorant that Achan had secreted spoil, but the searching glances of God reached further than the most watchful oversight of the leader. As afterwards, when the disciples did not suspect the character and intents of Judas, the Lord discerned the sinister proposes of his heart. The omniscience and omnipresence of the Almighty have been strangely disregarded even by His own servants.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 7:15

He that is taken with the accursed thing; or, according to Keil, "he on whom the ban falls." He and all that he hath (cf. Joshua 7:24 ). The opinion that Achan's family had in some way become participators in his sin would seem preferable to the idea that his sin had involved them in the ban. The destruction of their possessions is due to the fact that all the family had come under the ban. Folly נְבָלָה used of the heart as well as the head (cf. Genesis 34:7 : Deuteronomy 22:21... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 7:11

Also stolen, and dissembled also - The anger of God and the heinousness of Israel’s sin are marked by the accumulation of clause upon clause. As a climax they had even appropriated to their own use the consecrated property purloined from God. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 7:12

Accursed - Compare Joshua 6:17-18. read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 7:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 7:6-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 7:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 7:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 7:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 7:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 7:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 7:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 7:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 7:12

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