Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 6:18
And ye, in any wise keep [yourselves] from the accursed thing, lest ye make [yourselves] accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.
18. in any wise keep yourselves ] A warning, which Achan neglected to the destruction of himself and his family. See chap. 7.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Make the camp of Israel a curse, by provoking God to punish them for your sin, in which they may be one way or other involved; or at least upon the occasion of your sin: for, to speak properly God will not (the case of Adams sin only excepted) punish one man for the sin of another, as he hath oft declared; but the whole camp having sins of their own, God might take what occasion he saw fit to inflict this punishment.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
18. and ye, in any wise keepyourselves from the accursed thingGenerally they were atliberty to take the spoil of other cities that were captured (Deu 2:35;Deu 3:7; Jos 8:27).But this, as the first fruits of Canaan, was made an exception;nothing was to be spared but Rahab and those in her house [Jos6:17]. A violation of these stringent orders would not onlyrender the guilty persons obnoxious to the curse, but entail distressand adversity upon all Israel, by provoking the divine displeasure.These were the instructions given, or repeated (Deu 13:17;Deu 7:26), previous to the lastact of the siege.
Jos 6:20;Jos 6:21. THEWALLS FALLDOWN.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And you in any wise keep [yourselves] from the accursed thing,…. From laying hold on, secreting, and enjoying as their own, what was devoted to another use:
lest ye make [yourselves] accursed; or a “cherem”, also devoted to destruction:
when ye take of the accursed thing; any part of it, be it what it will, gold or any other metal, or raiment, and the like:
and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it; for being done secretly, and not known who did it, the whole body of the people would be chargeable with it, and suffer on account of it, unless discovered and punished, and as more fully appears by an after instance.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
18. Lest ye make yourselves accursed Hebrew, lest ye both devote and appropriate the accursed thing. The two acts could not be harmonized. It would be sacrilege to dedicate the whole to Jehovah and then to take possession of a part for their own use.
And make the camp of Israel a curse God will not be defrauded. If any one of the camp takes for personal use any thing dedicated to Himself, He will devote the camp to Himself, that is, to destruction.
And trouble it By bringing distress, and humiliating defeat in battle.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
“ And you, under any circumstances, keep yourselves from the devoted thing, lest having devoted it you take of the devoted thing. So would you make the camp of Israel devoted and bring trouble to it.”
The warning is severe. They were devoting the city to YHWH and all were to ensure they did not take for themselves anything they had devoted, for by bringing it into any part of the camp of Israel they would make that part of the camp also ‘devoted to YHWH’ and all in it would have to be slain.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Ver. 18. In any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, &c. “Be sure not to carry off for your private emolument any of the spoil of your enemy: ye are to consider it as a thing devoted to the Lord, and which you are not to touch, on pain of being yourselves devoted to death; of drawing down upon you the immediate curse of God, and of stopping the progress of your victories.”
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Is there not a sweet spiritual sense here? Doth not God mean to say, that they who have Jesus for their portion, should see in him all they need, and not have their eyes look with an evil covetousness, after any of the perishing things around them? Hab 2:9 .
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Jos 6:18 And ye, in any wise keep [yourselves] from the accursed thing, lest ye make [yourselves] accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.
Ver. 18. Keep yourselves from the accursed thing. ] This was a fair warning to that foul sinner Achan; but D , covetousness is deadly, daring, and desperate, saith Isidor Pelusiot. a
a Lib. iii. epist. 24.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
trouble it. A warning of Achan’s sin (Jos 7:25).
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
in any wise: Rom 12:9, 2Co 6:17, Eph 5:11, Jam 1:27, 1Jo 5:21
lest ye make: Jos 7:1, Jos 7:11, Jos 7:12, Jos 7:15, Deu 7:26, Deu 13:17
make the camp: Jos 7:11, Jos 7:12, Jos 22:18-20, 1Sa 14:28-42, Ecc 9:18, Jon 1:12
and trouble it: Jos 7:25, 2Sa 21:1, 1Ki 18:17, 1Ki 18:18
Reciprocal: Deu 23:9 – General Jos 7:24 – his sons 1Ch 2:7 – accursed Pro 3:33 – curse Pro 10:22 – he Pro 15:27 – He that is Jer 25:18 – to make Rom 9:3 – were Heb 12:15 – trouble
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jos 6:18. Keep yourselves from the accursed thing It should rather be rendered, the devoted thing, meaning the spoils devoted to the Lord. These they were not to touch, on pain of being themselves devoted to death. Lest ye make yourselves accursed Lest you draw upon yourselves the immediate curse of God, and so bring yourselves under the same sentence of destruction as the inhabitants and things of Jericho are under. And make the camp of Israel a curse By provoking God to punish them for your sin, in which they may be one way or other involved; for the whole camp having sins of their own, God might take what occasion he saw fit to inflict this punishment.