John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 7:14
In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes ,.... One or more of every tribe, according to the number of them, were to be brought the next morning before Joshua and the elders of Israel, the sanhedrim and council of the nation, and very probably the tabernacle, where they assembled for this purpose: and it shall be, that the tribe which the Lord taketh ; how a tribe and so a family or household were taken is differently understood; what some of the Jewish... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joshua 7:10-15
We have here God's answer to Joshua's address, which, we may suppose, came from the oracle over the ark, before which Joshua had prostrated himself, Josh. 7:6. Those that desire to know the will of God must attend with their desires upon the lively oracles, and wait at wisdom's gates for wisdom's dictates, Prov. 8:34. And let those that find themselves under the tokens of God's displeasure never complain of him, but complain to him, and they shall receive an answer of peace. The answer came... read more