Bible Commentary

And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face? 10. Get thee up ] Joshua might well infer that the people had incurred the Divine displeasure, but it was no time for unavailing remorse he must be up and trying to detect and put away the sin. Fuente: … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 7:10”

For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear [of it], and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name? What wilt thou do unto thy great name? – i. e. after the Canaanites have cut off our name … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 7:9”

O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies! What shall I say, in answer to the reproaches cast by our insulting enemies upon us, and upon thy name? Israel; Gods own people, which he hath singled out of all nations for his own peculiar. See Poole “Gen 1:1“, See … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 7:8”

And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord GOD, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan! 7. would to God we had been content ] Or perhaps better … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 7:7”

And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads. 6 15. The Defeat before Ai. Joshua’s Prayer 6. And Joshua rent his clothes ] in token of sorrow and distress … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 7:6”

And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them [from] before the gate [even] unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water. 5. unto Shebarim ] So called, perhaps, from the mines, or stone quarries, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 7:5”

So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai. Verse 4. About three thousand men] The spies sent to reconnoitre the place (Jos 7:3) reported that the town was meanly garrisoned, and that two or three thousand men would be sufficient to take it. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 7:4”

And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; [and] make not all the people to labor thither; for they [are but] few. The total population of Ai was about twelve thousand Jos 8:25. It … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 7:3”

And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which [is] beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Bethel, and spoke unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai. 2. from Jericho to Ai ] The country of Canaan seems in the time of Joshua to have … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 7:2”

But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel. Ch. Jos 7:1-5. The Sin of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 7:1”