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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Joshua 7:1-26

This chapter opens with a significant and ominous "But." So far we have had the record of remarkable progress but! We now see the triumphant people defeated and flying and the reason is declared. It was the sin of a man, but it was also the sin of the nation. Israel had now become a nation in very deed, and therefore no one person could act alone. Individualism is a far more tremendous responsibility when it has ceased to be mere individualism. The sin of the one became the sin of the... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Joshua 7:11-26

Sin Will Find You Out Joshua 7:11-26 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The question of sin is ever paramount in the Word of God. It was sin that made necessary the death of Christ upon the Cross. In spite of this, we would like to discuss with you for a while, the world's attitude toward sin, in contrast with the Divine attitude. 1. Men belittle the heinousness of sin, while God magnifies it. (1) Men belittle sin inasmuch as they deny its existence. How many there are in these days of revelry and... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 7:16

‘So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel near by their tribes, and the tribe of Judah was selected.’ Joshua always rose early on special occasions. Perhaps it was in order to pray before acting. Or perhaps he was concerned to obey YHWH as quickly as possible. (How good it would be if we also were so eager to do God’s will). And he brought Israel near, by their tribes. Perhaps he had twelve sticks with their tribal names on and these were tossed in some way by the priest.... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 7:17-18

‘ And he brought the family of Judah near, and he selected the family of the Zerahites. And he brought the family of the Zerahites near, man by man, and Zabdi was selected. And he brought near his household man by man, and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah of the tribe of Judah was selected.’ We notice here that the same word is used for the ‘family’ of the full tribe of Judah (some manuscripts, also LXX and Vulgate, have ‘the families’, probably to remove the... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 7:1-26

VII. Achan’ s Trespass, Israel’ s Defeat, Achan’ s Punishment. Joshua 7:1 . The name should probably be Achar. The narrative presents no difficulties till the end of the chapter, where Achan’ s punishment is recorded. Joshua 7:2 . Ai: probably 2 miles SE. of Bethel (p. 31). Joshua 7:9 . And what wilt thou do for (or on account of) thy great name? The meaning is that if Israel is destroyed there will be none to worship Yahweh; an interesting example of the ancient belief in the close... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Joshua 7:17

The family of Judah; either, 1. The tribe or people, as the word family sometimes signifies, as Judges 13:2; Zechariah 12:13; Amos 3:1; Acts 3:25, compared with Revelation 1:7. Or, 2. The families, as Joshua 7:14, the singular number for the plural, the chief of each of their five families, Numbers 26:20,Numbers 26:21. Man by man; not every individual person, as is evident from Joshua 7:18, but every head of the several houses or lesser families of that greater family of the Zarhites, of which... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Joshua 7:18

He; either Joshua, or Zabdi by Joshua’s appointment. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Joshua 7:16-23

CRITICAL NOTES.—Joshua 7:21. A goodly Babylonish garment] Lit. “A cloak of Shinar,” Shinar being the ancient name for the land of Babylon (Genesis 10:10). These garments have the reputation of having been highly wrought works of art. Pliny, Hist. Nat., lib. viii., c. 48, says of them, “Colores diverson picturæ vestium intexere Babylon maxime celebravit et nomen imposuit.” Josephus (Ant. v. 1. 10), says that the robe hidden by Achan was “a royal garment woven entirely of gold.” A wedge of gold]... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Joshua 7:1-26

Chapter 7Now in chapter seven we read that,The children of Israel committed a trespass against the Lord in the [holy thing, or in the] accursed thing: [rather] for Achan took of the accursed thing: [That is he took some of the spoil that they said was to go only to God, and he took it for himself.] and God's anger was kindled against the children of Israel ( Joshua 7:1 ).So Moses sent some men up to look over Bethel and Ai. Now Jordan is down in the plains. Jericho is down in the plains of... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 7:1-26

Joshua 7:1 . The children of Israel committed a trespass; that is, Achan and his children, who concealed their father’s sin, by hiding the accursed plunder in their tent. The sin of one man is here attributed to all the people of Israel; as the sin of one member vitiates and shames the whole body. Joshua 7:2 . From Jericho to Ai; called Hai, Genesis 12:8; and Aija, Nehemiah 11:31. This town lay nine miles west of Jericho on a hill, and fell to the lot of Benjamin. There was another... read more