Jos 7:10-26 - Commentary

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Text -- Joshua 7:10-26 (NET)

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7:10 The Lord responded to Joshua, “Get up! Why are you lying there face down? 7:11 Israel has sinned; they have violated my covenantal commandment! They have taken some of the riches; they have stolen them and deceitfully put them among their own possessions. 7:12 The Israelites are unable to stand before their enemies; they retreat because they have become subject to annihilation. I will no longer be with you, unless you destroy what has contaminated you. 7:13 Get up! Ritually consecrate the people and tell them this: ‘Ritually consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, because the Lord God of Israel says, “You are contaminated, O Israel! You will not be able to stand before your enemies until you remove what is contaminating you.” 7:14 In the morning you must approach in tribal order. The tribe the Lord selects must approach by clans. The clan the Lord selects must approach by families. The family the Lord selects must approach man by man. 7:15 The one caught with the riches must be burned up along with all who belong to him, because he violated the Lord’s covenant and did such a disgraceful thing in Israel.’” 7:16 Bright and early the next morning Joshua made Israel approach in tribal order and the tribe of Judah was selected. 7:17 He then made the clans of Judah approach and the clan of the Zerahites was selected. He made the clan of the Zerahites approach and Zabdi was selected. 7:18 He then made Zabdi’s family approach man by man and Achan son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, was selected. 7:19 So Joshua said to Achan, “My son, honor the Lord God of Israel and give him praise! Tell me what you did; don’t hide anything from me!” 7:20 Achan told Joshua, “It is true. I have sinned against the Lord God of Israel in this way: 7:21 I saw among the goods we seized a nice robe from Babylon, two hundred silver pieces, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels. I wanted them, so I took them. They are hidden in the ground right in the middle of my tent with the silver underneath.” 7:22 Joshua sent messengers who ran to the tent. The things were hidden right in his tent, with the silver underneath. 7:23 They took it all from the middle of the tent, brought it to Joshua and all the Israelites, and placed it before the Lord. 7:24 Then Joshua and all Israel took Achan, son of Zerah, along with the silver, the robe, the bar of gold, his sons, daughters, ox, donkey, sheep, tent, and all that belonged to him and brought them up to the Valley of Disaster. 7:25 Joshua said, “Why have you brought disaster on us? The Lord will bring disaster on you today!” All Israel stoned him to death. (They also stoned and burned the others.) 7:26 Then they erected over him a large pile of stones (it remains to this very day) and the Lord’s anger subsided. So that place is called the Valley of Disaster to this very day.

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Names, People and Places:

· Achan the son of Carmi (Judah) stoned for stealing taboo booty

· Achor a valley where Achan was stoned for his trouble making

· Carmi son of Zimri (Zerah Judah); father of Achan of Moses time,son of Hezron (Perez Judah); ancestor of Bezalel of Moses time,son of Reuben son of Jacob

· Israel a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel

· 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

· Judah the son of Jacob and Leah; founder of the tribe of Judah,a tribe, the land/country,a son of Joseph; the father of Simeon; an ancestor of Jesus,son of Jacob/Israel and Leah; founder of the tribe of Judah,the tribe of Judah,citizens of the southern kingdom of Judah,citizens of the Persian Province of Judah; the Jews who had returned from Babylonian exile,"house of Judah", a phrase which highlights the political leadership of the tribe of Judah,"king of Judah", a phrase which relates to the southern kingdom of Judah,"kings of Judah", a phrase relating to the southern kingdom of Judah,"princes of Judah", a phrase relating to the kingdom of Judah,the territory allocated to the tribe of Judah, and also the extended territory of the southern kingdom of Judah,the Province of Judah under Persian rule,"hill country of Judah", the relatively cool and green central highlands of the territory of Judah,"the cities of Judah",the language of the Jews; Hebrew,head of a family of Levites who returned from Exile,a Levite who put away his heathen wife,a man who was second in command of Jerusalem; son of Hassenuah of Benjamin,a Levite in charge of the songs of thanksgiving in Nehemiah's time,a leader who helped dedicate Nehemiah's wall,a Levite musician who helped Zechariah of Asaph dedicate Nehemiah's wall

· Shinar a region including Babylonia and Babel, Erech, and Accad (OS)

· Zabdi son of Zerah of Judah; grandfather of Achan,son of Shime-i of Benjamin,a Shiphmite man whom David put in charge over his wineries,son of Asaph (Shimei Gershom Levi)

· Zerah members of the clan of Zerah of Simeon,members of the clan of Zerah of Judah

· Zerahites members of the clan of Zerah of Simeon,members of the clan of Zerah of Judah

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

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

NET Notes: Jos 7:11 Heb “and also they have stolen, and also they have lied, and also they have placed [them] among their items.”

NET Notes: Jos 7:12 Heb “what is set apart [to destruction by the Lord] from your midst.”

NET Notes: Jos 7:13 Heb “remove what is set apart [i.e., to destruction by the Lord] from your midst.”

NET Notes: Jos 7:14 Heb “by men.”

NET Notes: Jos 7:15 Heb “burned with fire.”

NET Notes: Jos 7:16 Heb “by tribes.”

NET Notes: Jos 7:17 Heb “and he selected Zabdi.” The Lord is the apparent subject. The LXX supports reading a passive (Niphal) form here, as does the immediat...

NET Notes: Jos 7:18 Heb “by men.”

NET Notes: Jos 7:19 Heb “give glory to.”

NET Notes: Jos 7:20 Heb “like this and like this I did.”

NET Notes: Jos 7:21 Heb “shekels.”

NET Notes: Jos 7:22 Heb “Look, [it was] hidden in his tent, and the silver was beneath it.”

NET Notes: Jos 7:23 Heb “poured out,” probably referring to the way the silver pieces poured out of their container.

NET Notes: Jos 7:24 Or “Trouble” The name is “Achor” in Hebrew, which means “disaster” or “trouble” (also in v. 26).

NET Notes: Jos 7:25 Heb “and they burned them with fire and they stoned them with stones.” These words are somewhat parenthetical in nature and are omitted in...

NET Notes: Jos 7:26 Heb “to this day.” The phrase “to this day” is omitted in the LXX and may represent a later scribal addition.

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