Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 10:27
And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, [that] Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones in the cave’s mouth, [which remain] until this very day.
27. at the time of the going down of the sun ] According to the strict command in Deu 21:23.
into the cave wherein they had been hid ] “Into the spelonk, in the which thei lorkiden,” Wyclif, which then became a royal sepulchre, while the stones “which on the self-same day had cut them off from escape, closed the mouth of the tomb.” See Keil on Jos 10:27.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Laid great stones in the caves mouth; that neither wild beasts could come at them to devour them, nor any of their people to give them honourable burial.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And it came to pass, at the time of the going down of the sun,…. Which was the time fixed by the law of God for taking down bodies that were hanged, De 21:23;
[that] Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees; not from, any respect to them, but that they might not defile the land, as dead bodies in a ceremonial sense did, De 21:23; and this Joshua was the more careful of, as they were just entered into it, and were taking possession of it:
and they cast them into the cave wherein they had been hid; so that what had been their hiding place now became their grave; and according to the Samaritan Chronicle q, the trees also on which they were hanged were cast in with them;
and laid great stones in the cave’s mouth: not as a monumental pile, as in the instances of Achan and the king of Ai, Jos 7:26; but to prevent their carcasses being dragged out, and eaten by wild beasts, as some think; or that they might not be taken out, and buried in a more honourable manner:
[which remain] until this very day; when Joshua was grown old, the writer of this book.
q Apud Hottinger. Smegma. p. 511.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
27. Cast them into the cave The place of their concealment was made their sepulchre.
Until this very day See note, Jos 8:28.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
‘ And so it was that at the time of the going down of the sun, Joshua gave the command, and they took them down from the trees and cast them into the cave in which they had hidden themselves, and laid great stones on the mouth of the cave, to this very day.’
Once sunset came Joshua, in obedience to the Law, arranged for the bodies to be taken down from the trees. Then they were put in the cave where they had previously been hidden and the cave was sealed with large rocks. They were so prominent that they became a landmark and a memorial of what God had done ‘to this day’.
“To this day.” See Jos 4:9; Jos 5:9; Jos 6:25; Jos 7:26 twice; Jos 8:28-29; Jos 9:27; Jos 14:14; Jos 15:63; Jos 16:10; Jos 22:3; Jos 22:17; Jos 23:8-9, the last five included in words of Joshua. Jos 6:25 suggests that Rahab was alive ‘to this day’, Jos 8:28 that Ai was a heap ‘to this day, Jos 9:27 that ‘to this day’ referred to the time prior to Jerusalem becoming the central sanctuary, Jos 15:63 that the Jebusites dwelt among Israel ‘to this day’, Jos 16:10 that the Canaanites dwelt among the Ephraimites in Gezer as taskworkers ‘to this day’. All this suggests an early date for the writing of the book.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Jos 10:27 And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, [that] Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones in the cave’s mouth, [which remain] until this very day.
Ver. 27. They took them down. ] See Jos 8:29 .
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
took them down. Compare Deu 21:22, Deu 21:23.
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they took: Jos 8:29, Deu 21:23, 2Sa 18:17
until this very day: Jos 4:9, Jos 7:26
Reciprocal: Ecc 3:5 – to cast Gal 3:13 – Cursed
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jos 10:27-29. They took them down That neither wild beasts might come to devour them, nor any of their people to give them honourable burial. Thus, that which they thought would have been their shelter was made their prison first, and then their grave. So shall we surely be disappointed, in whatever we flee to from God. And that day On which the sun stood still. Nor is it strange that so much work was done, and places so far distant were taken in one day, when the day was so long, and the Canaanites struck with such a terror. He let none remain From the severity wherewith this and the following cities were treated, and the command given, (Deu 20:10,) it has been inferred, with much probability, that offers of peace had been made them by Joshua before he fought against them, and that they had rejected these offers. All Israel with him unto Libnah Namely, all who were with him in this expedition.