Joshua 7
Overview
7:1 The Israelites are smitten at Ai;
7:6 Joshua's complaint;
7:10 God instructs him what to do;
7:16 Achan is taken by the lot;
7:19 His confession;
7:24 He and all he had are destroyed in the valley of Achor. Verse 1committedJoshua 7:20, 7:21, 22:16; 2 Chronicles 24:18; Ezra 9:6; Daniel 9:7 for AchanJoshua 22:20; 1 Chronicles 2:6, 2:7, Achar, ZimritookJoshua 6:17, 6:18 the anger22:18; 2 Samuel 24:1; 1 Chronicles 21:7; Ecclesiastes 9:18; Jonah 1:7; 1 Corinthians 5:1-6; Habakkuk 3:1, 3:1ReciprocalGenesis 34:27 - they; 44:16 - God hath; Leviticus 10:6 - lest wrath; 27:28 - no devoted; Numbers 16:22 - one man sin; Deuteronomy 7:25 - thou shalt; 7:26 - shalt; 13:17 - cleave; 29:21 - separate; Joshua 7:11 - Israel; 7:24 - took Achan; 2 Samuel 21:1 - It is; 2 Kings 5:24 - and bestowed; Job 35:8 - may hurt; Proverbs 10:22 - he; Micah 6:10 - the treasures; Acts 23:12 - under a curse Verse 2to AiJoshua 12:9; Genesis 12:8, Hai, Nehemiah 11:31, AijaBethavenJoshua 18:12; Genesis 28:19; Hosea 4:15 Go upJoshua 2:1; Proverbs 20:18, 24:6; Matthew 10:16; Ephesians 5:15ReciprocalJoshua 8:9 - between; Judges 1:23 - sent; 1 Samuel 13:5 - Bethaven; Ezra 2:28 - Ai; Isaiah 10:28 - Aiath; Hosea 5:8 - Bethaven; 10:5 - Bethaven Verse 3about twoHeb. about 2,000 men, or about 3,000 men, labour. Proverbs 13:4, 21:25; Luke 13:24; Habakkuk 3:1, 3:1, 3:1; 2 Peter 1:5, 1:10

Verse 4fledLeviticus 26:17; Deuteronomy 28:25, 32:30; Isaiah 30:17, 59:2ReciprocalPsalm 89:43 - not made Verse 5for theyDeuteronomy 1:44 the going downor, MoradwhereforeJoshua 2:9, 2:11, 5:1; Leviticus 26:36; Psalm 22:14; Isaiah 13:7ReciprocalNumbers 14:45 - the Amalekites; 21:1 - then; Joshua 8:5 - as at; 22:20 - General; Judges 20:31 - thirty; 1 Samuel 4:2 - Israel; 2 Samuel 17:9 - some; 1 Chronicles 21:7 - he smote; Psalm 58:7 - General; 89:43 - not made; Ecclesiastes 9:18 - sinner Verse 6rentGenesis 37:29, 37:34; Numbers 14:6; 2 Samuel 13:31; Ezra 9:3-5; Esther 4:1; Job 1:20; Acts 14:14 fellNumbers 16:22, 16:45; 2 Samuel 12:16 until the eventideJudges 20:23, 20:26, 21:2; 2 Samuel 1:12 put dustRending 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 note on 1 Samuel 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 Samuel 13:19, and in Nehemiah 9:1, when a whole nation, "assembled with fasting, and with sackcloth, and earth upon them." In the case of Mordecai, see note on Esther 4:1. See note on Job 2:12, where his friends abased themselves to comfort him. See note on Ezekiel 27:30, see note on Jonah 3:6, and see note on Micah 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.ReciprocalGenesis 17:17 - fell; Numbers 20:6 - they fell; Joshua 7:10 - liest; 8:1 - Fear not; 2 Samuel 1:2 - clothes; 3:31 - Rend; 1 Kings 18:42 - he cast himself; Lamentations 2:10 - cast up; 3:39 - a man; Ezekiel 9:8 - that I; 11:13 - Then; Revelation 18:19 - they cast Verse 7whereforeExodus 5:22, 5:23; Numbers 14:3; 2 Kings 3:10; Psalm 116:11; Jeremiah 12:1, 12:2; Habakkuk 3:1 to deliverExodus 14:11, 14:12, 17:3; Numbers 20:4, 20:5; Matthew 17:17, 17:20; Mark 8:17, 8:18 would toExodus 16:3 and dweltJoshua 1:2-4ReciprocalNumbers 32:5 - bring us; Deuteronomy 9:28 - Because; Joshua 8:1 - Fear not; Judges 20:28 - Shall I yet; 21:3 - why is; Psalm 44:15 - confusion; Isaiah 26:18 - we have not; Jeremiah 45:3 - added; Luke 13:8 - let; 2 Corinthians 11:1 - Would Verse 8what shallEzra 9:10; Habakkuk 2:1; Romans 3:5, 3:6 backsHeb. necksReciprocalNumbers 14:13 - Then the; 14:42 - General; Deuteronomy 1:42 - for I am not; 1 Samuel 17:26 - reproach; 2 Samuel 11:25 - for the sword; 1 Kings 8:33 - smitten down; 17:20 - hast thou also; 20:28 - therefore will; 2 Chronicles 6:24 - put to the worse; 14:11 - man; Job 23:4 - fill my mouth; Psalm 44:10 - Thou; 89:43 - not made; Isaiah 37:20 - that all; 38:15 - What; Jeremiah 52:7 - all the men Verse 9shall hearExodus 32:12; Numbers 14:13 environPsalm 83:4, 124:2, 124:3 what wilt thouDeuteronomy 32:26, 32:27; Psalm 106:6-8; Ezekiel 20:9, 36:22, 36:23; Joel 2:17; John 12:28ReciprocalNumbers 14:16 - General; Joshua 8:1 - Fear not; Ruth 4:10 - the name; 1 Samuel 4:13 - his heart; 12:22 - for his great; 17:26 - reproach; 2 Samuel 7:23 - make him; 11:25 - for the sword; 1 Kings 8:42 - great name; 17:20 - hast thou also; 20:28 - therefore will; 2 Kings 19:19 - O Lord; 2 Chronicles 14:11 - man; Job 23:4 - fill my mouth; Psalm 13:4 - Lest; 31:3 - for thy; 48:10 - According; 69:18 - because; 79:9 - for thy; 106:8 - he saved; 115:1 - unto us; Isaiah 37:20 - that all; 48:9 - my name's; 48:19 - his name; Jeremiah 14:7 - do; Ezekiel 36:20 - These Verse 10whereforeExodus 14:15; 1 Samuel 15:22, 16:1; 1 Chronicles 22:16 liestHeb. fallest, Joshua 7:6ReciprocalGenesis 42:1 - Why do ye; Numbers 14:5 - General; Joshua 20:1 - spake; Ezra 10:4 - Arise; Jonah 1:7 - for; Haggai 1:9 - Because Verse 11IsraelJoshua 7:1, 7:20, 7:21 transgressed23:16; Deuteronomy 17:2; Judges 2:20; 2 Kings 18:12; Isaiah 24:5, 50:1, 50:2; Jeremiah 31:32; Hosea 6:7 the accursedJoshua 7:21, 6:17-19 stolenMalachi 3:8, 3:9; Matthew 22:21 dissembled2 Kings 5:25, 5:26; John 12:5, 12:6; Acts 5:1, 5:2, 5:9; Habakkuk 3:1 amongLeviticus 5:15; Habakkuk 2:6; Zechariah 5:4ReciprocalGenesis 45:20 - stuff; Leviticus 4:13 - through ignorance; 10:6 - lest wrath; 27:28 - no devoted; Numbers 14:45 - the Amalekites; Deuteronomy 2:34 - utterly destroyed; 7:26 - shalt; 23:9 - General; Joshua 6:18 - lest ye make; 7:13 - an accursed; 7:15 - he hath; 7:25 - Why hast; 22:18 - he will be; 2 Samuel 21:1 - It is; 1 Kings 8:33 - because they have; 2 Kings 5:24 - and bestowed; 1 Chronicles 2:7 - accursed; 2 Chronicles 6:24 - because; 20:37 - Because; Job 31:33 - covered; Proverbs 15:27 - He that is; Ecclesiastes 9:18 - sinner; Isaiah 59:2 - your iniquities; Jeremiah 34:18 - have transgressed; Malachi 1:14 - cursed; 1 Timothy 6:9 - they Verse 12the childrenJoshua 22:18-20; Numbers 14:45; Judges 2:4; Psalm 5:4, 5:5; Proverbs 28:1; Isaiah 59:2; Habakkuk 1:13 they wereJoshua 6:18; Deuteronomy 7:26; Haggai 2:13, 2:14 neitherJeremiah 6:8, 23:33; Hosea 9:12ReciprocalLeviticus 20:4 - and kill; 26:37 - and ye shall; Numbers 14:42 - General; 25:13 - atonement; Deuteronomy 21:23 - he that is hanged is accursed of God; 25:19 - thou shalt; Judges 1:19 - but could; 2:14 - could not; 16:20 - the Lord; 1 Samuel 4:2 - Israel; 2 Samuel 21:1 - It is; 1 Kings 8:33 - because they have; 2 Kings 5:24 - and bestowed; 2 Chronicles 6:24 - because; 20:37 - Because; Psalm 44:10 - Thou; 60:10 - didst; 106:30 - General; Proverbs 15:27 - He that is; Ecclesiastes 9:18 - sinner; Lamentations 1:6 - her princes; Jonah 1:12 - for; Malachi 1:14 - cursed; 3:9 - General; Acts 5:2 - kept; Galatians 5:12 - cut Verse 13sanctifyJoshua 3:5; Exodus 19:10-15; Lamentations 3:40, 3:41; Joel 2:16, 2:17; Zephaniah 2:1, 2:2 an accursedJoshua 7:11; 2 Chronicles 28:10; Matthew 7:5 take away1 Corinthians 5:1-6, 5:11-13ReciprocalExodus 32:1 - Up; Leviticus 26:37 - and ye shall; Numbers 11:18 - Sanctify; 16:26 - I pray you; Judges 2:14 - could not; 4:14 - Up; 1 Samuel 9:26 - Up; 16:5 - sanctify yourselves; 1 Chronicles 21:7 - he smote; Job 22:23 - thou shalt; Proverbs 3:33 - curse; Ecclesiastes 7:25 - know; Lamentations 1:6 - her princes; Jonah 1:7 - for; Malachi 3:9 - General Verse 14the tribeJoshua 7:17, 7:18; 1 Samuel 10:19-21, 14:38-42; Proverbs 16:33; Jonah 1:7; Acts 1:24-26ReciprocalExodus 12:3 - an house; Joshua 7:16 - and brought Verse 15he that isJoshua 7:25, 7:26; Deuteronomy 13:15, 13:16; 1 Samuel 14:38, 14:39 he hathJoshua 7:11 wroughtGenesis 34:7; Judges 20:6; 1 Samuel 26:21; 2 Samuel 13:13 follyor, wickednessReciprocalLeviticus 20:14 - burnt; 21:9 - she shall be burnt; Deuteronomy 17:2 - in transgressing; Joshua 6:18 - lest ye make; Judges 19:23 - do not this folly; Acts 23:12 - under a curse Verse 16rose upJoshua 3:1; Genesis 22:3; Psalm 119:60; Ecclesiastes 9:10 and broughtJoshua 7:14Reciprocal8:10 - rose up; 18:8 - that I may here; Judges 20:19 - rose up; 1 Samuel 10:20 - caused; 14:41 - And Saul; Ezekiel 24:6 - let no Verse 17Genesis 38:30, Zarah, Numbers 26:20; 1 Chronicles 2:4-7ReciprocalGenesis 3:9 - General; Joshua 7:14 - the tribe; 18:25 - Ramah; 1 Chronicles 2:6 - General Verse 18was takenNumbers 32:23; 1 Samuel 14:42; Proverbs 13:21; Jeremiah 2:26; Acts 5:1-10ReciprocalGenesis 44:16 - God hath; Joshua 7:14 - the tribe; 22:20 - General; 1 Chronicles 2:6 - General; Jonah 1:7 - and the Verse 19My son2 Timothy 2:25; Titus 2:2; James 1:20; 1 Peter 3:8, 3:9 give1 Samuel 6:5; Isaiah 13:12; Jeremiah 13:16; Luke 17:18; John 9:24; Revelation 16:9 makeNumbers 5:6, 5:7; 2 Chronicles 30:22, 33:12, 33:13; Ezra 10:10, 10:11; Psalm 32:5, 51:3; Proverbs 28:13; Jeremiah 3:12, 3:13; Daniel 9:4; Romans 10:10; 1 John 1:8-10 tell me1 Samuel 14:43; Jonah 1:8-10ReciprocalGenesis 4:10 - What; 12:18 - General; 31:26 - What; 43:29 - God; Exodus 32:21 - General; Leviticus 5:5 - confess; 26:40 - confess; 1 Samuel 4:16 - my son; 13:11 - What hast; 2 Kings 20:15 - All the things; Isaiah 39:4 - All that; Daniel 4:2 - I thought it good; Malachi 2:2 - to give; Matthew 3:6 - confessing; Mark 1:5 - confessing; Luke 23:41 - we indeed; Revelation 11:13 - gave; 14:7 - give Verse 20IndeedGenesis 42:21; Exodus 10:16; Numbers 22:34; 1 Samuel 15:24, 15:30; Job 7:20, 33:27; Psalm 38:18; Matthew 27:4ReciprocalJoshua 7:1 - committed; 7:11 - Israel; Jonah 1:12 - for; Matthew 13:22 - the care; 26:9 - General; Luke 23:41 - we indeed Verse 21I sawGenesis 3:6, 6:2; 2 Samuel 11:2; Job 31:1; Psalm 119:37; Proverbs 23:31, 28:22; Matthew 5:28, 5:29; 1 John 2:15, 2:16 Babylonish garmentAddereth shina?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. Genesis 10:10 *marg.wedgeHeb. tongueI covetedExodus 20:17; Deuteronomy 7:25; 1 Kings 21:1, 21:2; 2 Kings 5:20-27; Habakkuk 2:9; Luke 12:15; Romans 7:7, 7:8; Ephesians 5:3; Colossians 3:5; 1 Timothy 6:9, 6:10; Habakkuk 3:1; 2 Peter 2:15 took themProverbs 4:23; Micah 2:1, 2:2; James 1:15 they are hid2 Samuel 11:6-17; 2 Kings 5:24, 5:25; Isaiah 28:15, 29:15; Luke 12:2ReciprocalGenesis 34:27 - they; Leviticus 14:35 - a plague; Joshua 7:1 - committed; 7:11 - Israel; 22:18 - he will be; 1 Samuel 15:9 - the best; 2 Kings 7:8 - hid it; Ecclesiastes 5:11 - what; 11:9 - in the sight; Jeremiah 22:17 - thine eyes; Jonah 1:12 - for; Matthew 13:22 - the care; 26:9 - General; Acts 1:18 - with; James 1:14 - when Verse 22ReciprocalDeuteronomy 25:19 - thou shalt Verse 23laid them outHeb. poured, Joshua 7:23ReciprocalGenesis 31:37 - set it here; Numbers 16:26 - I pray you Verse 24took AchanJoshua 7:1; Job 20:15; Proverbs 15:27; Ecclesiastes 5:13; Ezekiel 22:13, 22:14; 1 Timothy 6:9, 6:10 his sonsJoshua 6:18, 6:21; Genesis 18:25; Exodus 20:5; Numbers 16:27-31; Job 20:23-28 the valleyJoshua 7:26, 15:7; Isaiah 65:10; Hosea 2:15ReciprocalLeviticus 4:13 - through ignorance; Joshua 22:20 - General; Judges 21:10 - Go and smite; 1 Kings 21:13 - they carried him; 2 Kings 10:6 - your master's sons; Proverbs 11:29 - that; Jeremiah 29:32 - punish; 32:18 - recompensest; Daniel 6:24 - their children; Jonah 1:15 - they; Acts 8:20 - Thy; Habakkuk 3:1 - suffered Verse 25Why hastJoshua 7:11-13, 6:18; Genesis 34:30; 1 Kings 18:17, 18:18; 1 Chronicles 2:7; Habakkuk 2:6-9; Galatians 5:12; 2 Thessalonians 1:6; Habakkuk 3:1 all IsraelLeviticus 20:2, 24:14; Deuteronomy 13:10, 17:5, 21:21, 22:21-24 burnedJoshua 7:15; Genesis 38:24; Leviticus 20:14, 21:9ReciprocalGenesis 20:9 - What hast; Leviticus 27:28 - no devoted; Numbers 15:36 - General; 25:4 - that the fierce; 25:11 - turned my; Joshua 7:26 - Achor; 1 Kings 21:13 - they carried him; 2 Kings 5:27 - leprosy; 10:6 - your master's sons; Proverbs 11:29 - that; 15:27 - He that is; Jeremiah 29:32 - punish; Daniel 6:24 - their children; Jonah 1:10 - Why; Acts 5:4 - why; 8:20 - Thy; Galatians 6:17 - let Verse 26raisedJoshua 8:29, 10:27; 2 Samuel 18:17; Lamentations 3:53 So the LordDeuteronomy 13:17; 2 Samuel 21:14; Isaiah 40:2; Joel 2:13, 2:18; John 3:9, 3:10; Zechariah 6:8 The valleyJoshua 7:24; Isaiah 65:10; Hosea 2:15 Achorthat is, Trouble, Joshua 7:25ReciprocalGenesis 31:46 - Gather; Exodus 32:12 - Turn from; Numbers 25:4 - that the fierce; 25:11 - turned my; Joshua 7:15 - he that is; 15:7 - the valley; Judges 2:5 - Bochim; 7:25 - rock; Ezra 10:14 - the fierce; Acts 5:4 - why; Habakkuk 3:1 - trouble