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Joshua 7:25

And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us, brought misfortune upon us? The Lord shall trouble thee this day. Achan, as the chief transgressor, is addressed. And all Israel stoned him with stones, this form of punishment signifying that Achan had by his robbery violated the honor of God, in the same way as blasphemers did, and burned them, his sons and daughters with him, with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Joshua 7:25. _WHY HAST THOU TROUBLED US?_] Here is a reference to the meaning of _Achan's_ or _Achar's_ name, מה עכרתנו _meh ACHAR-tanu_; and as עכר _achar_ is used here, and not עכן _achan_, a...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    7. ACHAN'S SIN AND ISRAEL'S DEFEAT CHAPTER 7 _ 1. The defeat of Israel (Joshua 7:1)_ 2. The source of the defeat revealed (Joshua 7:6) 3. The transgressor found out (Joshua 7:16) 4. The judgment...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    WHY... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis_ (App-6). TROUBLED... TROUBLE. Hebrew. _Achored... Acker_. STONED THEM: i.e. the people, not the property....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Why hast thou troubled us_?] Compare the question of Ahab to Elijah, "Art thou he that _troubleth_Israel?" (1 Kings 18:17). "For thou disturblidist us, the Lord schall disturble the in this dai," Wyc...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The Discovery and Punishment of Achan 16. _brought Israel by their tribes_ Joshua first caused the heads of the tribes to come before the Ark, and lots were cast for them, and the lot fell upon Judah;...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _VER._ 25. _AND ALL ISRAEL STONED HIM WITH STONES,_ &C.— There are three things to be considered from these words: I. It is asked, what was the punishment inflicted upon Achan? All the interpreters ag...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _The Sin Purged from Israel Joshua 7:22-26_ 22 So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it. 23 And they took them out of the mid...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND JOSHUA SAID, WHY HAST THOU TROUBLED US? THE LORD SHALL TROUBLE THEE THIS DAY. AND ALL ISRAEL STONED HIM WITH STONES, AND BURNED THEM WITH FIRE, AFTER THEY HAD STONED THEM WITH STONES._ No JFB co...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    REPULSE AT AI, DUE TO ACHAN'S SIN The capture of Jericho is followed by an attempt upon Ai, a place of strategic importance, as commanding a main entrance into the interior of Canaan westward; the upp...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    AND ALL ISRAEL STONED HIM WITH STONES, AND BURNED THEM WITH FIRE] This inclusion of Achan's household in the punishment is one of the moral problems of the book. Edersheim ('Bib. Hist.' art. 'Joshua,'...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    COME IN, AND RECEIVE GOD’S PROMISES! JOSHUA _BRIAN ROWLANDS_ Maps to help you to study this book are on the Internet at www.easyenglish.info. CHAPTER 7 DEFEAT THEN *VICTORY AT AI – JOSHUA 7:1-8...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר יְהֹושֻׁ֨עַ֙ מֶ֣ה עֲכַרְתָּ֔נוּ יַעְכֳּרְךָ֥...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XIV. ACHAN'S TRESPASS. Joshua 7:1. A VESSEL in full sail scuds merrily over the waves. Everything betokens a successful and delightful voyage. The log has just been taken, marking an extraor...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE TROUBLER FOUND AND REMOVED Joshua 7:16 When God deals with sin He traces its genealogy. Twice over we have the list of Achan's ancestors, Joshua 7:1; Joshua 7:18. To deal with sin thoroughly we n...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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 w...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    A DEFEAT BECAUSE OF SIN Joshua 7:1-26 The Lord had instructed Israel to make Jericho a devoted city, that is, set apart for him. He especially instructed them to place the silver, gold and vessels of...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And Joshua said, (n) Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones. (n) He...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Day. Hence some have drawn a very weak argument, to prove the repentance of Achan, as if he had only to undergo a temporary punishment. It is probable, however, that his sincere confession, proceeding...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    It is awful to behold the sure effects of sin. It is awful to behold how it involves a man's posterity in the commission of it. Oh! all-precious Jesus! where, but for thee, would the sin of our first...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    The passing of the Jordan was a wondrous and significant event; but it was not everything. It sank deep into the consciences of the Canaanites on all sides; but there was more that was needed, and mor...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _THE TROUBLER OF ISRAEL_ ‘Why hast thou troubled us?’ Joshua 7:25 Ai was a royal city, which was in existence in the time of Abraham. It lay in the uplands to the east of Bethel, amid ‘a wild entan...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    25._And Joshua said, _etc The invective seems excessively harsh; as if it had been his intention to drive the wretched man to frantic madness, when he ought rather to have exhorted him to patience. I...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Chapter 7 lays open the principles of God's government, or His ways in the midst of His people who are in conflict. Victory leads to negligence. The work is thought easy. After a manifestation of God'...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND JOSHUA SAID, WHY HAST THOU TROUBLED US?.... Been the occasion of so much trouble to us, by committing this sin: THE LORD SHALL TROUBLE THEE THIS DAY; by the destruction of him and all that belong...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones. Ver. 25. _W...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _They burned them with fire after they had stoned them_ God would have their dead carcasses burned, to show his utmost detestation of such persons as break forth into sins of such public scandal and m...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 The Israelites are smitten at Ai. 6 Ioshuas complaint. 10 God instructeth him what to doe. 16 Achan is taken by the Lot. 19 His confession. 22 Hee and all he had are destroyed in the valley of...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    DEFEATED BY AI (vs.1-9) Though Joshua and Israel as such were unaware of it, there was sin in the camp that affected all of Israel, for we are told that "the children of Israel committed a trespass...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    16-26 See the folly of those that promise themselves secrecy in sin. The righteous God has many ways of bringing to light the hidden works of darkness. See also, how much it is our concern, when God...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    STONED HIM WITH STONES, and burned him with fire; which is easily understood, both out of the following words, and from God's command to do so, JOSHUA 7:15, which doubtless was here executed. QUEST. H...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Joshua 7:25 Joshua H3091 said H559 (H8799) Why H4100 troubled H5916 (H8804) LORD H3068 trouble H7275 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘ And Joshua said, “Why have you troubled us? YHWH will trouble you this day.” And all Israel stoned him with stones. And they burned them with fire and stoned them with stones.' Joshua's declaration...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Sin of Achan and the defeat at Ai. CHARACTERS: God, Joshua, Achan. CONCLUSION: Let all men know that it is nothing but sin that separates them from God and if it be not sincerely repented...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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 a...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us?_ the Lord shall trouble thee this day. THE TROUBLES OF SIN I. That sin is a very troublesome thing. 1. The load of guilt by which it oppresses us. 2....

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 7:1__ Chapter Joshua 7:1 tells how Joshua launches an unsuccessful attack on the city of Ai. There is no mention either of a divine order to do so or of anyone inquiring of the L...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 7:24 The word THEM (vv. Joshua 7:24, Joshua 7:25) might well includ

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 7:24. All that he had] _In ordinary matters, touching the national welfare_, the law provided that the children should not “be put to death for the fathers” (Deuteronomy 24:16)...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THE DISCOVERY OF ACHAN'S SIN.— JOSHUA 7:16 THE FAMILY OF JUDAH. The expression מִשְׁפַתַת is remarkable. Many commentators would read מִשְׁפְחֹת, not without some MSS. authority. Keil obj...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now 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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Chronicles 2:7; 1 Kings 18:17; 1 Kings 18:18; 2 Thessalonians 1:6;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    SIN WILL FIND YOU OUT Joshua 7:11 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, w...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    With stones — And burned him with fire; which is easily understood both out of the following words, and from God's command to do so. They were stoned (which was the punishment of such offenders, Levit...

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