John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 7:21
When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment ,.... One, as the Targum adds, for no more was taken; a garment made of Babylonish wool, as Jarchi; or a valuable garment made in Babylon, called "Shinar", for that is the word in the text, so Kimchi and Abarbinel; and Babylonian garments were in great esteem in other nations: Pliny says F3 Nat. Hist. l. 8. c. 48. Babylon was famous for garments interwoven with pictures of divers colours, and which gave name to them; and Plutarch ... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joshua 7:16-26
We have in these verses, I. The discovery of Achan by the lot, which proved a perfect lot, though it proceeded gradually. Though we may suppose that Joshua slept the better, and with more ease and satisfaction, when he knew the worst of the disease of that body of which, under God, he was the head, and was put into a certain method of cure, yet he rose up early in the morning (Josh. 7:16), so much was his heart upon it, to put away the accursed thing. We have found Joshua upon other occasions... read more