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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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 7:16

So Joshua rose up early in the morning ,.... Which showed his readiness and diligence to obey the command of God; and as there was much work to do, it required that he should rise early: and brought Israel by their tribes : before the Lord, at the tabernacle, where he and the high priest and elders attended; each tribe was thither brought by their representatives: and the tribe of Judah was taken : either his stone in the breastplate of the high priest looked dull, as some say, or... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 7:17

And he brought the family of Judah ,.... That is, the tribe of Judah, as Kimchi and Ben Melech interpret it, F26 So R. Sol. Ohel Moed, fol. 94. 2. ; or rather, the several families in that tribe, even the heads of them: and he took the family of the Zarhites : which descended from Zerah the son of Judah; that was taken by lot: and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man ; and cast lots on them: and Zabdi was taken : that part of the family of the Zarhites which... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 7:18

And he brought his household man by man ,.... The household of Zabdi, the heads of each house therein: and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken ; the lot fell upon him, and he was laid hold on, and detained. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 7:17

And he brought the family of Judah - Dr. Kennicott observes, "All Israel came near by Tribes, and one tribe was fixed on; then that tribe came by its Families, and one family was fixed on; then came that family by its Households, and one household was fixed on, and then that household, coming Man by Man, one man was fixed on. Yet according to the present text, in the execution of this command, all Israel came, and the tribe of Judah was fixed on; secondly came the families of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 7:16

EXPOSITION THE DISCOVERY OF ACHAN 'S SIN .— The family of Judah. The expression מִשְׁפַתַת is remarkable. Many commentators would read מִשְׁפְחֹת , not without some MSS . authority. Keil objects that the Chaldee and Syriac have the singular. But the LXX . has κατὰ δήμους , and the Vulgate juxta familias. On the whole it seems more probable that as מִשְׁפַחַת occurs twice in this passage, it has been so pointed where the same letters occur for the third... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 7:16-26

The detection. Objections have been raised to the morality of the whole narrative. We will deal first with this subject, and then turn to the religious and moral questions involved. I. WHY DID GOD NOT REVEAL THE OFFENDER WHEN HE REVEALED THE OFFENCE ? The answer is, that He might still further display the hardness of Achan's heart. He did not at once come forward and confess his crime. He not only had offended against God's laws, but he persisted in his offence.... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 7:17

Joshua 7:17. The family Either, 1st, The tribe or people, as the word family sometimes signifies; or, 2d, The families, as Joshua 7:14, the singular number being put for the plural, the chief of each of their five families, Numbers 26:20-21. 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 see 1 Chronicles 2:6. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 7:18

Joshua 7:18. Achan was taken Here we learn that, however secretly we may conceal our wickedness, yet God knoweth it, and sooner or later will bring it to light and due condemnation. There is nothing secret which shall not be made manifest, neither any thing hid that shall not be known. God will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the heart. Reader, remember this; revere the all-seeing eye of God; stand in awe and sin not. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Joshua 7:1-26

Achan’s sin (7:1-26)God was angry that Israel had not been fully obedient to him in the conquest of Jericho. One of the people, Achan, secretly kept for himself what he should have destroyed (7:1). Therefore, when the Israelites moved on to attack the much smaller town of Ai, God allowed them to be driven back and to suffer losses (2-5). Joshua was distressed, not just because Israel had been defeated, but because their defeat would encourage the Canaanites. If all the Canaanites joined forces,... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joshua 7:16-26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 7:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 7:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 7:18

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 7:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 7:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 7:16-26

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 7:17

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 7:18

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Joshua 7:1-26

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