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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...
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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...
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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...
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WHY... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis_ (App-6).
TROUBLED... TROUBLE. Hebrew. _Achored... Acker_.
STONED THEM: i.e. the people, not the property....
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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;...
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_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...
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_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...
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_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...
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_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...
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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...
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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,'...
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JOSHUA
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CHAPTER 7
DEFEAT THEN *VICTORY AT AI – JOSHUA 7:1-8...
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וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר יְהֹושֻׁ֨עַ֙ מֶ֣ה
עֲכַרְתָּ֔נוּ יַעְכֳּרְךָ֥...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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'...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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,
thi...
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ACHAN FOUND GUILTY AND PUNISHED...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Joshua 7:25 Joshua H3091 said H559 (H8799) Why H4100 troubled H5916
(H8804) LORD H3068 trouble H7275 ...
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‘ 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...
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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...
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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...
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_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....
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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...
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JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 7:24 The word THEM (vv. Joshua 7:24, Joshua
7:25) might well includ
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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)...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...