Joshua 7:14-15 NIV

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 7:14

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 7:14

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

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 7:14

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 7:14

The Lord taketh - i. e. by lot. The Hebrew word for lot suggests that small stones, probably white and black ones, were used. These were probably drawn from a chest (compare the expressions in Joshua 18:11; Joshua 19:1). The lot was regarded as directed in its result by God (margin reference); and hence, was used on many important occasions by the Jews and by other nations in ancient times. For example:(1), for apportionment, as of Canaan among the twelve tribes Numbers 26:55; of the Levitical... 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

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

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 7:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 7:6-15

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 7:14

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

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