ヨシュア記 7:15-26 JCB

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 7:19

My son. This is no mere hypocritical affectation of tenderness. Joshua feels for the criminal, even though he is forced to put him to death. So in cur own day the spectacle is not uncommon of a judge melted to tears as he passes sentence of death on the murderer. The expression seems almost to imply a belief that, though Achan must undergo the extremest penalty of the law in this world, Joshua entertained a hope that he might be forgiven in the next. It certainly proves that, stern as the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 7:19

Sin confessed. A notable scene. The people of Israel assembled in solemn conclave. In silent excitement the national offender has been detected, and waits to hear his doom from the lips of the great commander. Whilst every eye is bent upon Achan, Joshua addresses him in the language of the text. Note how guilty Joshua speaks, grieving over the offence rather than severely censuring it, calling the criminal "my son," and inviting a full disclosure from his own lips. Out of his own mouth was... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 7:21

A goodly Babylonish garment . Literally, " a mantle of Shinar, one goodly one." Babylon was in the "land of Shinar" (see Genesis 11:2 ; Genesis 14:1 ; Isaiah 11:11 ; Zechariah 5:11 ). The אַדרֶת derived from אדר great, glorious, was an ample cloak, sometimes of hair or fur ( Genesis 25:25 ; cf. 1 Kings 19:13 , 1 Kings 19:19 ; 2 Kings 2:13 , 2 Kings 2:14 ; Jonah 3:6 , etc). The Babylonish mantle was famed for its beauty ( ποικίλη , LXX ), and was, no doubt,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 7:21

A sin of greed. Here we have much profitable study. Some sins are peculiar to certain ages or countries. But greed is found in all lands and times. It specially thrives in periods of wealth and of prosperity. It creeps in where faults of uglier aspect are denied admission. It flourishes wherever the power of religion has decayed while its profession continues. Here is an instance of its action in all its meanness, disclosure, mischief, and retribution. Consider it. I. Mark ACHAN 'S ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 7:23

Laid them out before the Lord. This shows the directly religious nature of the proceeding. God had directed the lot, the offender was discovered, and now the devoted things are solemnly laid out one by one (for so the Hebrew seems to imply, though in 2 Samuel 15:24 it has the sense of planting firmly, as molten matter hardens and becomes fixed) before Him whose they are, as a confession of sin, and also as an act of restitution. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 7:24

Took Achan, the son of Zerah. Great-grandson in reality (see Joshua 7:1 ; cf. 1 Kings 15:2 , 1 Kings 15:10 ). And his sons and his daughters (see note, Joshua 7:15 ). Brought them . Hebrew, "brought them up." The valley of Achor was above Jericho, whether higher up the valley or on higher ground is not known. The valley of Achor (see Joshua 15:7 ; Isaiah 65:10 ; Hosea 2:15 ). Achor means trouble (see note on Joshua 6:18 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 7:25

Stoned him with stones. The word here is not the same as in the last part of the verse. It has been suggested that the former word signifies to stone a living person, the second to heap up stones upon a dead one; and this derives confirmation from the fact that the former word has the signification of piling up, while the latter rather gives the idea of the weight of the pile. Some have gathered from the use of the singular here, that Achan only was stoned; but the use of the plural... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 7:26

And the Lord turned from the heat of His anger. There is no contradiction between this and such passages as 1 Samuel 15:29 ; James 1:17 . It is not God, but we who turn. Our confession and restitution, by uniting our will with His, of necessity turn His wrath away. Yet of course it is through Jesus Christ alone that such confession and restitution is possible, and they are accepted simply because by faith they are united with His. HOMILETICS read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 7:26

Sin punished. I. A TERRIBLE PUNISHMENT . Achan is stoned to death, and his goods are then burnt with fire. He lost not only that which he had stolen, but even his own property, and above all his life. Such is the sinner's rots-reckoning! 1. The laws of God have their sanctions annexed. Sin is followed by its peculiar immediate effects, which are a punishment in themselves, and there are besides the retribution awards of the Legislator. Achan must have felt a gnawing and a fire... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 7:15

burnt with fire - i. e. after he had been put to death by stoning Joshua 7:25; Leviticus 20:14. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 7:19

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 7:19

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 7:21

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 7:21

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 7:23

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 7:24

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 7:25

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 7:26

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 7:26

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 7:15

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