It shall be, that he who is taken with the devoted thing shall be burned with fire, he and all that he has, because he has transgressed Yahweh’s covenant, and because he has done a disgraceful thing in Israel.’ ”
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It shall be, that he who is taken with the devoted thing shall be burned with fire, he and all that he has, because he has transgressed Yahweh’s covenant, and because he has done a disgraceful thing in Israel.’ ”
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And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel.
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And it shall be that he that is taken with the devoted thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath; because he hath transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he hath wrought a wanton deed in Israel.'
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Passages linked to Joshua 7:15 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 34:7 The sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it. The men were grieved, and they were very angry, because he had done folly in Israel in lying with Jacob’s daughter, a thing ought not to be done.
- Judges 20:6 I took my concubine and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel; for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel.
- 1 Samuel 14:38-39 Saul said, “Draw near here, all you chiefs of the people; and know and see in which this sin has been today. For, as Yahweh lives, who saves Israel, though it is in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die.” But there was not a man among all the people who answered him.
- Deuteronomy 13:15-16 you shall surely strike the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, with all that is therein and its livestock, with the edge of the sword. You shall gather all its plunder into the middle of its street, and shall burn with fire the city, with all of its plunder, to Yahweh your God. It shall be a heap forever. It shall not be built again.
- Joshua 7:25-26 Joshua said, “Why have you troubled us? Yahweh will trouble you today.” All Israel stoned him with stones, and they burned them with fire and stoned them with stones. They raised over him a great heap of stones that remains to this day. Yahweh turned from the fierceness of his anger. Therefore the name of that place was called “The valley of Achor” to this day.
- Joshua 7:11 Israel has sinned. Yes, they have even transgressed my covenant which I commanded them. Yes, they have even taken some of the devoted things, and have also stolen, and also deceived. They have even put it among their own stuff.
- 1 Samuel 26:21 Then Saul said, “I have sinned. Return, my son David; for I will no more do you harm, because my life was precious in your eyes today. Behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.”
- 2 Samuel 13:13 As for me, where would I carry my shame? And as for you, you will be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, please speak to the king; for he will not withhold me from you.”
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain That is found guilty, either by lots, or by…
That is found guilty, either by lots, or by the judgment of Urim, Num. 27:21.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jos 7:15 And it shall be, [that] he that…
Jos 7:15 And it shall be, [that] he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel.
Ver. 15. Shall be burnt with fire.] After that he is first stoned with stones as a presumptuous offender, {Num 15:30; Num 15:35} who is a kind of blasphemer, {Eze 20:37} and his sin such, as is not to be expiated by sacrifice.
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He and all that he hath.] His children also, as part of his goods, and infected with the contagion of his sin. Besides, they owed a death to God, who might require that debt when and how he would; neither could there be any iniquity with the Lord, since his holy will is not only recta sed regula, right, but the rule of right: neither is it for silly men to reprehend what they cannot comprehend.
And because he hath wrought folly.] Or, Wickedness, which is folly in the abstract: like as righteousness is right-wiseness, and a righteous man a right-wise-man, as in our old English books we find it printed.
In Israel.] Quorum ingentia beneficia, ingentia flagitia, ingentia igitur supplicia: men’s offences are increased by their obligations.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Burnt with fire, as persons and things accursed were…
Burnt with fire, as persons and things accursed were to be. See Num 15:30,35; Deu 13:16. All that he hath; his children and goods, as is noted, Jos 7:24, according to the law, Deu 13:6.
He hath wrought folly; so sin is oft called in Scripture, as Gen 34:7; Jdg 20:6, &c., in opposition to the idle opinion of sinners, who commonly esteem it to be their wisdom and interest.
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In Israel, i.e. among the church and people of God, who had such excellent laws to direct them, and such an all-sufficient and gracious God to provide for them, without any such indirect and unworthy practices.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And it shall be, that he that is taken…
And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire,.... He that is taken by lot, and the accursed thing found with him, this should be the death, burning, one of the four capital punishments with the Jews: this was ordered in this case, because the city of Jericho, accursed or devoted, was burnt with fire, Jos 6:24,
he and all that he hath; the particulars of which are enumerated, Jos 7:24,
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because he hath transgressed the covenant of the Lord; See Gill on Jos 7:11,
and because he hath wrought folly in Israel; as all sin and every transgression of the law is, and was the cause of Israel's turning their backs on their enemies; which, as Abarbinel says, was folly, and made the people of Israel look foolish, mean, and contemptible: the word has also the signification of a dead carcass, and may possibly have respect, to the thirty six men whose death he was the occasion of, Jos 7:5, and therefore justly ought to die himself.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Shall be burnt with fire - As persons and…
Shall be burnt with fire - As persons and things accursed were to be. All that he hath - His children and goods, as is noted, ver. 24, according to the law, Deut. xiii, 16. Wrought folly - So sin is often called in scripture, in opposition to the idle opinion of sinners, who commonly esteem it to be their wisdom. In Israel - That is, among the church and people of God who had such excellent laws to direct them, and such an all-sufficient and gracious God to provide for them, without any such unworthy practices. It was sacrilege, it was invading God's rights, and converting to a private use that which was devoted to his glory, which was to be thus severely punished, for a warning to all people in all ages, to take heed how they rob God.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain burnt with fire - i. e. after he had…
burnt with fire - i. e. after he had been put to death by stoning Jos 7:25; Lev 20:14.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 15. He… shall be burnt with fire, he and…
15. He… shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath — As the anathema was to be executed by fire, and as the guilty man has made himself and all his possessions anathema, he is to be destroyed with fire. See note on Jos_7:24. The body, rendered lifeless by stoning, (Jos_7:25,) and not the living man, was to be burned. Burning alive is not found in the Mosaic law.
Wrought folly in Israel — Folly is a very appropriate name for sin, since every sin proceeds from real intellectual stupidity, short-sightedness, and fatuity, which the Greeks expressed by a word signifying missing the mark. In the eye of true reason the devil himself is a simpleton, and all his followers doltishly reject divine instruction, and stupidly go down to hell, imagining that God does not see their sins, and will not punish the guilty.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 15. shall be burnt with fire] Achan by his…
15. shall be burnt with fire] Achan by his conduct had become cherem or devoted, and is so called in Jos_7:12, and everything devoted to punishment for the reparation of the Divine honour was to be burnt. Comp. Lev_20:14; Lev_21:9; Jos_6:24; 2Ki_23:16.
folly] Or, as in margin, wickedness; “and hath do sacrilege in Ysrael,” Wyclif.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain He that is taken with the accursed thing; or,…
He that is taken with the accursed thing; or, according to Keil, "he on whom the ban falls." He and all that he hath (cf. ver. 24). The opinion that Achan"s family had in some way become participators in his sin would seem preferable to the idea that his sin had involved them in the ban. (see Deu_24:16, which qualifies Lev_26:39; so Hengstenberg, "History," p. 218) The destruction of their possessions is due to the fact that all the family had come under the ban. Folly hlbn used of the heart as well as the head. (cf. Gen_34:7 Deu_22:21 Jud_1:19:23, 24, 20:6 2Sa_13:12 Psa_14:1) The LXX render by anomhma , and the Vulgate by herae , but Theodotion renders by afrosunh .
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 7:15 God had commanded that all the stolen goods…
7:15 God had commanded that all the stolen goods were to be destroyed by fire. Now they would be, because Achan and everything he had would be burned with fire. Breaking the covenant of the Lord was treason, a capital offense (e.g., Exod 22:20; Deut 4:25-27).
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