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Text -- Joshua 7:7 (NET)

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7:7 Joshua prayed, “O, Master, Lord! Why did you bring these people across the Jordan to hand us over to the Amorites so they could destroy us?
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
 · Amorites members of a pre-Israel Semitic tribe from Mesopotamia
 · Jordan the river that flows from Lake Galilee to the Dead Sea,a river that begins at Mt. Hermon, flows south through Lake Galilee and on to its end at the Dead Sea 175 km away (by air)
 · 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: Merom | Joshua | Israel | Intercession | God | Canaan | Armies | Ark | Ai | Achan | more
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TSK Synopsis , Maclaren , MHCC , Matthew Henry , Keil-Delitzsch , Constable , Guzik

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

Wesley: Jos 7:7 - -- This and the following clause, tho' well intended, yet favour of human infirmity, and fall short of that reverence and modesty, and submission, which ...

This and the following clause, tho' well intended, yet favour of human infirmity, and fall short of that reverence and modesty, and submission, which he owed to God; and are mentioned as instances that the holy men of God were subject to like passions and infirmities with other men.

JFB: Jos 7:6-9 - -- It is evident, from those tokens of humiliation and sorrow, that a solemn fast was observed on this occasion. The language of Joshua's prayer is thoug...

It is evident, from those tokens of humiliation and sorrow, that a solemn fast was observed on this occasion. The language of Joshua's prayer is thought by many to savor of human infirmity and to be wanting in that reverence and submission he owed to God. But, although apparently breathing a spirit of bold remonstrance and complaint, it was in reality the effusion of a deeply humbled and afflicted mind, expressing his belief that God could not, after having so miraculously brought His people over Jordan into the promised land, intend to destroy them, to expose them to the insults of their triumphant enemies, and bring reproach upon His own name for inconstancy or unkindness to His people, or inability to resist their enemies. Unable to understand the cause of the present calamity, he owned the hand of God.

Clarke: Jos 7:7 - -- Alas, O Lord God - Particles of exclamations and distress, or what are called interjections, are nearly the same in all languages: and the reason is...

Alas, O Lord God - Particles of exclamations and distress, or what are called interjections, are nearly the same in all languages: and the reason is because they are the simple voice of nature. The Hebrew word which we translate alas is אהה ahah . The complaint of Joshua in this and the following verses seems principally to have arisen from his deep concern for the glory of God, and the affecting interest he took in behalf of the people: he felt for the thousands of Israel, whom he considered as abandoned to destruction: and he felt for the glory of God, for he knew should Israel be destroyed God’ s name would be blasphemed among the heathen; and his expostulations with his Maker, which have been too hastily blamed by some, as savouring of too great freedom and impatience are founded on God’ s own words, Deu 32:26, Deu 32:27, and on the practice of Moses himself, who had used similar expressions on a similar occasion; see Exo 5:22, Exo 5:23; Num 14:13-18.

TSK: Jos 7:7 - -- wherefore : Exo 5:22, Exo 5:23; Num 14:3; 2Ki 3:10; Psa 116:11; Jer 12:1, Jer 12:2; Heb 12:5 to deliver : Exo 14:11, Exo 14:12, Exo 17:3; Num 20:4, Nu...

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Poole: Jos 7:7 - -- These clauses, though well intended, and offered to God only by way of expostulation and argument, yet do savour of human infirmity, and fall short ...

These clauses, though well intended, and offered to God only by way of expostulation and argument, yet do savour of human infirmity, and fall short of that reverence, and modesty, and submission which he owed to God; and are mentioned as instances that the holy men of God were subject to like passions and infirmities with other men.

Haydock: Jos 7:7 - -- Began. Some had established themselves in the land of Galaad. (Menochius) --- Hebrew, "would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other si...

Began. Some had established themselves in the land of Galaad. (Menochius) ---

Hebrew, "would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side of the Jordan." Josue speaks in this animated manner, through zeal for the glory of God, (Calmet) more than for any personal inconvenience. He was grieved that any one should have merited God's displeasure. He was afraid that the Chanaanites would blaspheme the great name of the Lord, ver. 9.

Gill: Jos 7:7 - -- And Joshua said, alas! O Lord God,.... What a miserable and distressed condition are we in! have pity and compassion on us; who could have thought it,...

And Joshua said, alas! O Lord God,.... What a miserable and distressed condition are we in! have pity and compassion on us; who could have thought it, that this would have been our case?

wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us: who are mentioned either for the whole people of the land of Canaan; or rather, because the people of Israel were now in that part of the country which they inhabited: these words discover much weakness, diffidence, and distrust, and bear some likeness to the murmurs of the children of Israel in the wilderness; but not proceeding from that malignity of spirit theirs did, but from a concern for the good of the people and the glory of God, they are not resented by him:

would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan; in which he seems to cast the blame, not upon the Lord but upon himself and the people, who were not content to dwell on the other side, but were desirous of a larger and better country; and now ruin seemed to be the consequent of that covetous disposition and discontented mind.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Jos 7:7 Heb “said.”

Geneva Bible: Jos 7:7 And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord GOD, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy...

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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 7:6-9 - --Joshua's concern for the honour of God, more than even for the fate of Israel, was the language of the Spirit of adoption. He pleaded with God. He lam...

Matthew Henry: Jos 7:6-9 - -- We have here an account of the deep concern Joshua was in upon this sad occasion. He, as a public person, interested himself more than any other in ...

Keil-Delitzsch: Jos 7:6-7 - -- Joshua and the elders of the people were also deeply affected, not so much at the loss of thirty-six men, as because Israel, which was invincible wi...

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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