Joshua 7:2-26
Ai ............................. Ai <05857> [to Ai.]
[Hai.]
[Aija. Beth-aven.]
Go up .......... went up <05927> [Go up.]
three <07969> [about two. Heb. about 2,000 men, or about 3,000 men. labour.]
fled <05127> [fled.]
chased <07291> [for they.]
steep slope <04174> [the going down. or, Morad. wherefore.]
tore <07167> [rent.]
lay ... down <05307> [fell.]
evening <06153> [until the eventide.]
threw dirt <06083 05927> [put dust.]
Rending the clothes, beating the breast, tearing the hair, throwing dust upon the head, and falling prostrate, were usual signs of deep affliction and distress among the ancient Israelites. In illustration of this custom, see 1 Sa 4:12, when the messenger brought tidings to Eli of the discomfiture of the armies of Israel by the Philistines; again, in the case of Tamar, 2 Sa 13:19, and in Ne 9:1, when a whole nation, "assembled with fasting, and with sackcloth, and earth upon them." See also the case of Mordecai, Es 4:1, and Job 2:12, where his friends abased themselves to comfort him; refer also to Eze 27:30. Jon 3:6. Mic 1:10. In each of these instances it is worthy of remark, that putting dust on the head generally follows rending of the clothes, and was the usual mode of evincing poignant sorrow.
bring .... across <05674> [wherefore.]
hand ... over <05414> [to deliver.]
<03863> [would to.]
<03427> [and dwelt.]
say <0559> [what shall.]
[back. Heb. necks.]
When <08085> [shall hear.]
turn <05437> [environ.]
do <06213> [what wilt thou.]
lying <05307> [wherefore.]
lying <05307> [liest. Heb. fallest.]
Israel <03478> [Israel.]
violated <05674> [transgressed.]
riches <02764> [the accursed.]
stolen <01589> [stolen.]
<03584> [dissembled.]
possessions <03627> [among.]
Israelites <01121> [the children.]
annihilation .............. contaminated <02764> [they were.]
longer <03254> [neither.]
consecrate ......... consecrate <06942> [sanctify.]
contaminated ................... contaminating <02764> [an accursed.]
remove <05493> [take away.]
tribal .... tribe <07626> [the tribe.]
caught <03920> [he that is.]
violated ...... did <05674 06213> [he hath.]
did <06213> [wrought.]
disgraceful thing <05039> [folly. or, wickedness.]
early <07925> [rose up.]
approach <07126> [and brought.]
[Zarah.]
<03920> [was taken.]
son <01121> [My son.]
<07760> [give.]
give <05414> [make.]
Tell ..... did <05046 06213> [tell me.]
It is true <0546> [Indeed.]
saw <07200> [I saw.]
robe ... Babylon <08152 0155> [Babylonish garment.]
{Addereth shinÆ’r,} "a splendid or costly robe of Shinar," the plain in which Babylon stood. Bochart and Calmet have shewn at large, that Babylonish robes were very splendid, and in high reputation. Calmet says, they are generally allowed to have been of various colours, though some suppose they were woven thus; others, that they were embroidered with the needle; and others, that they were painted. Silius Italicus seems to think they were woven. Martial supposes them to have been embroidered with the needle; and Pliny and Apuleius speak of them as painted.
bar <03956> [wedge. Heb. tongue. I coveted.]
took ..... hidden <03947 02934> [took them.]
hidden <02934> [they are hid.]
placed <03332> [laid them out. Heb. poured.]
took Achan <05912 03947> [took Achan.]
son ............... sons <01121> [his sons.]
Valley <06010> [the valley.]
Why .... brought disaster ....... bring disaster <04100 05916> [Why hast.]
Israel <03478> [all Israel.]
burned <08313> [burned.]
erected <06965> [raised.]
Lord's <03068> [So the Lord.]
Valley <06010> [The valley.]
Disaster <05911> [Achor. that is, Trouble.]
