Joshua 7:13-15 WEB

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 7:13

Up, sanctify the people ,.... The word "up" not only signifies getting up from the ground on which he lay, but to bestir himself, and to be active in what he would now be enjoined and directed to do, and in the first place to "sanctify the people", that is, by giving them orders to do it themselves: and say, sanctify yourselves against tomorrow ; either by some ceremonial ablutions, or by the performance of moral duties, as prayer, repentance, and good works; or rather, they were to... read more

John Gill

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 7:15

And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire ,.... He that is taken by lot, and the accursed thing found with him, this should be the death, burning, one of the four capital punishments with the Jews: this was ordered in this case, because the city of Jericho, accursed or devoted, was burnt with fire, Joshua 6:24 , he and all that he hath ; the particulars of which are enumerated, Joshua 7:24 , because he hath transgressed the covenant... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 7:13

Up , sanctify the people - Joshua, all the time that God spake, lay prostrate before the ark: he is now commanded to get up, and sanctify the people, i.e., cause them to wash themselves, and get into a proper disposition to hear the judgment of the Lord relative to the late transactions. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 7:14

Ye shall be brought according to your tribes - It has been a subject of serious inquiry in what manner and by what means the culpable tribe, family, household, and individual, were discovered. The Jews have many conceits on the subject; the most rational is, that the tribes being, in their representatives, brought before the high priest, the stone on the breastplate gave immediate intimation by suddenly losing its lustre. According to them, this is what is termed consulting God by... read more

John Calvin

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 7:13

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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joshua 7:10-15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 7:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 7:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 7:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 7:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 7:14

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 7:6-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 7:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 7:14

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