Josué 7:12

Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies ,.... Being forsaken of God for the sin committed among them:

but turned their backs before their enemies : had not courage to face them, but fled as soon as they appeared:

because they were accursed ; of God for the accursed thing that had been taken, as was threatened would be their case, should they take any of it; Joshua 6:18 ,

neither will I be with you any more, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you ; that is, until they had put to death the person who had taken of the accursed thing, and made himself thereby accursed, and even all the camp of Israel; till this was done, the Lord would not be with them to protect and defend them, and give them success against their enemies.