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Text -- Joshua 7:10 (NET)

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7:10 The Lord responded to Joshua, “Get up! Why are you lying there face down?
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Names, People and Places:
 · Joshua a son of Eliezer; the father of Er; an ancestor of Jesus,the son of Nun and successor of Moses,son of Nun of Ephraim; successor to Moses,a man: owner of the field where the ark stopped,governor of Jerusalem under King Josiah,son of Jehozadak; high priest in the time of Zerubbabel


Dictionary Themes and Topics: Sin | Prayer | Merom | Joshua | Israel | Intercession | Indecision | God | Emergency | Discipline | DECISION | Communion | Canaan | Armies | Ark | Ai | Achan | more
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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

Wesley: Jos 7:10 - -- This business is not to be done by inactive supplication, but by vigorous endeavours for reformation.

This business is not to be done by inactive supplication, but by vigorous endeavours for reformation.

JFB: Jos 7:10-15 - -- The answer of the divine oracle was to this effect: the crisis is owing not to unfaithfulness in Me, but sin in the people. The conditions of the cove...

The answer of the divine oracle was to this effect: the crisis is owing not to unfaithfulness in Me, but sin in the people. The conditions of the covenant have been violated by the reservation of spoil from the doomed city; wickedness, emphatically called folly, has been committed in Israel (Psa 14:1), and dissimulation, with other aggravations of the crime, continues to be practised. The people are liable to destruction equally with the accursed nations of Canaan (Deu 7:26). Means must, without delay, be taken to discover and punish the perpetrator of this trespass that Israel may be released from the ban, and things be restored to their former state of prosperity.

Clarke: Jos 7:10 - -- Wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face? - It is plain there was nothing in Joshua’ s prayer or complaint that was offensive to God, for here t...

Wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face? - It is plain there was nothing in Joshua’ s prayer or complaint that was offensive to God, for here there is no reprehension: Why liest thou thus? this is no time for complaint; something else is indispensably necessary to be done.

Calvin: Jos 7:10 - -- 10.And the Lord said unto Joshua, etc God does not reprimand Joshua absolutely for lying prostrate on the ground and lamenting the overthrow of the p...

10.And the Lord said unto Joshua, etc God does not reprimand Joshua absolutely for lying prostrate on the ground and lamenting the overthrow of the people, since the true method of obtaining pardon from God was to fall down suppliantly before him; but for giving himself up to excessive sorrow. The censure, however, ought to be referred to the future rather than to the past; for he tells him to put an end to his wailing, just as if he had said, that he had already lain too long prostrate, and that all sloth must now be abandoned, as there was need of a different remedy. But he first shows the cause of the evil, and then prescribes the mode of removing it. He therefore informs him that the issue of the battle was disastrous, because he was offended with the wickedness of the people, and had cast off their defense.

We formerly explained why the punishment of a private sacrilege is transferred to all; because although they were not held guilty in their own judgment or that of others, yet the judgment of God, which involved them in the same condemnation, had hidden reasons into which, though it may perhaps be lawful to inquire soberly, it is not lawful to search with prying curiosity. At the same time we have a rare example of clemency in the fact, that while the condemnation verbally extends to all, punishment is inflicted only on a single family actually polluted by the crime. What follows tends to show how enormous the crime was, and accordingly the particle גם is not repeated without emphasis; as they might otherwise have extenuated its atrocity. Hence, when it is said that they have also transgressed the covenant, the meaning is, that they had not sinned slightly. The name of covenant is applied to the prohibition which, as we saw, had been given; because a mutual stipulation had been made, assigning the spoils of the whole land to the Israelites, provided He received the first fruits. Here, then, he does not allude to the general covenant, but complains that he was defrauded of what had been specially set apart; and he accordingly adds immediately after, by way of explanation, that they had taken of the devoted thing, and that not without sacrilege, inasmuch as they had stolen that which he claimed as his own. The term lying is here used, as in many other passages, for frustrating a hope entertained, or for deceiving. The last thing mentioned, though many might at first sight think it trivial, is set down, not without good cause, as the crowning act of guilt, namely, that they had deposited the forbidden thing among their vessels. Persons who are otherwise not wholly wicked are sometimes tempted by a love of gain; but in the act of hiding the thing, and laying it up among other goods, a more obstinate perseverance in evil doing is implied, as the party shows himself to be untouched by any feelings of compunction. In the last part of the 12th verse, the term anathema is used in a different sense for execration; because it was on account of the stolen gold that the children of Israel were cursed, and almost devoted to destruction.

Defender: Jos 7:10 - -- God is not pleased or placated by prayer - no matter how piously offered - when those praying have not first faced the possibility of sin and correcte...

God is not pleased or placated by prayer - no matter how piously offered - when those praying have not first faced the possibility of sin and corrected it. Unanswered prayer may not usually be caused by sin. Yet this possibility should always be first considered, especially before complaining to God about it, as Joshua was doing."

TSK: Jos 7:10 - -- wherefore : Exo 14:15; 1Sa 15:22, 1Sa 16:1; 1Ch 22:16 liest : Heb. fallest, Jos 7:6

wherefore : Exo 14:15; 1Sa 15:22, 1Sa 16:1; 1Ch 22:16

liest : Heb. fallest, Jos 7:6

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: Jos 7:10 - -- God’ s answer is given directly, and in terms of reproof. Joshua must not lie helpless before God; the cause of the calamity was to be discover...

God’ s answer is given directly, and in terms of reproof. Joshua must not lie helpless before God; the cause of the calamity was to be discovered.

Poole: Jos 7:10 - -- This business is not to be done by unactive supplication, but by vigorous endeavours for reformation.

This business is not to be done by unactive supplication, but by vigorous endeavours for reformation.

Gill: Jos 7:10 - -- And the Lord said unto Joshua, get thee up,.... From the ground where he lay prostrate, with his face to it: this he said, not as refusing his supplic...

And the Lord said unto Joshua, get thee up,.... From the ground where he lay prostrate, with his face to it: this he said, not as refusing his supplication to him, but rather as encouraging and strengthening him; though chiefly he said this in order to instruct him, and that he might prepare for what he was to do:

wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face? in this manner, so distressed and dejected; or for this thing, as the Targum, for this defeat of the army; something else is to be done besides prayer and supplication.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Jos 7:10 Heb “Why are you falling on your face?”

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Jos 7:1-26 - --1 The Israelites are smitten at Ai.6 Joshua's complaint.10 God instructs him what to do.16 Achan is taken by the lot.19 His confession.24 He and all h...

Maclaren: Jos 7:1-12 - --Joshua 7:1-12 This passage naturally parts itself into, 1. The hidden sin (Joshua 5:1); 2. The repulse by which it is punished (Joshua 5:2-5); 3. Th...

MHCC: Jos 7:10-15 - --God awakens Joshua to inquiry, by telling him that when this accursed thing was put away, all would be well. Times of danger and trouble should be tim...

Matthew Henry: Jos 7:10-15 - -- We have here God's answer to Joshua's address, which, we may suppose, came from the oracle over the ark, before which Joshua had prostrated himself,...

Keil-Delitzsch: Jos 7:10-15 - -- The answer of the Lord, which was addressed to Joshua directly and not through the high priest, breathed anger against the sin of Israel. The questi...

Constable: Jos 5:13--13:1 - --C. Possession of the land 5:13-12:24 Before Israel entered the land of Canaan, God had been preparing fo...

Constable: Jos 7:1-26 - --2. Defeat at Ai ch. 7 At Jericho, Israel learned God's strength. At Ai, she learned her own weakness. She could only conquer her enemies as she remain...

Guzik: Jos 7:1-26 - --Joshua 7 - Defeat at Ai and Achan's Sin A. Defeat at Ai. 1. (1) Not all of Israel obeyed the law of the devoted things. But the children of Israel...

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: Joshua (Book Introduction) JOSHUA. The title of this book is derived from the pious and valiant leader whose achievements it relates and who is commonly supposed to have been it...

JFB: Joshua (Outline) THE LORD APPOINTS JOSHUA TO SUCCEED MOSES. (Jos. 1:1-18) RAHAB RECEIVES AND CONCEALS THE TWO SPIES. (Jos 2:1-7) THE COVENANT BETWEEN HER AND THEM. (J...

TSK: Joshua (Book Introduction) The Book of Joshua is one of the most important documents in the Old Testament. The rapid conquest of the Promised Land, and the actual settlement of...

TSK: Joshua 7 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Jos 7:1, The Israelites are smitten at Ai; Jos 7:6, Joshua’s complaint; Jos 7:10, God instructs him what to do; Jos 7:16, Achan is take...

Poole: Joshua (Book Introduction) BOOK OF JOSHUA THE ARGUMENT IT is not material to know who was the penman of this book, whether Joshua, as seems most probable from Jos 24:26 , o...

Poole: Joshua 7 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 7 Achan takes of the accursed and devoted thing: God is angry with Israel, Jos 7:1 . Joshua sends three thousand men against Ai; they flee,...

MHCC: Joshua (Book Introduction) Here is the history of Israel's passing into the land of Canaan, conquering and dividing it, under the command of Joshua, and their history until his ...

MHCC: Joshua 7 (Chapter Introduction) (Jos 7:1-5) The Israelites smitten at Ai. (Jos 7:6-9) Joshua's humiliation and prayer. (Jos 7:10-15) God instructs Joshua what to do. (Jos 7:16-26)...

Matthew Henry: Joshua (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Book of Joshua I. We have now before us the history of the Jewish nation in this book and those tha...

Matthew Henry: Joshua 7 (Chapter Introduction) More than once we have found the affairs of Israel, even when they were in the happiest posture and gave the most hopeful prospects, perplexed and ...

Constable: Joshua (Book Introduction) Introduction Title The name of this book in Hebrew, Greek, and English comes from the ...

Constable: Joshua (Outline) Outline I. The conquest of the land chs. 1-12 A. Preparations for entering Canaan chs. 1-2 ...

Constable: Joshua Joshua Bibliography Aharoni, Yohanan. "The Province-List of Judah." Vetus Testamentum 9 (1959):225-46. ...

Haydock: Joshua (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION. THE BOOK OF JOSUE. This book is called Josue , because it contains the history of what passed under him, and, according to the comm...

Gill: Joshua (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO JOSHUA The Jews distinguish the prophets into former and latter; the first of the former prophets is Joshua, or Sepher Joshua, the ...

Gill: Joshua 7 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO JOSHUA 7 For the trespass of Achan the children of Israel were smitten and put to flight by the men of Ai, Jos 7:1; which gave him ...

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