Joshua 7:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken: ”

• Joshua 7:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  VII. Achan's Trespass, Israel's Defeat, Achan's Punishment. Joshua 7:1 . The name should probably be Achar. The narrative presents no difficulties till the end of the chapter, where Achan's punis...

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• Joshua 7:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken:

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• Joshua 7:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Ver. 16. So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought, &c.— Interpreters here ask, How was it possible that Achan should dare to extend his audacity so far as not to confess his crim...

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• Joshua 7:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken: So Joshua rose up early ... and brought Israel by their tribes - i:e., before the...

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• Joshua 7:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Repulse at Ai, due to Achan's Sin The capture of Jericho is followed by an attempt upon Ai, a place of strategic importance, as commanding a main entrance into the interior of Canaan westward; the...

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• Joshua 7:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  (14-18) In the morning therefore ye shall be brought. — That is, brought near, or presented. The word used here, and throughout the passage, is the same that is commonly used for the presentation...

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• Joshua 7:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER XIV. ACHAN'S TRESPASS. Joshua 7:1-26 . A VESSEL in full sail scuds merrily over the waves. Everything betokens a successful and delightful voyage. The log has just been taken, marking a...

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• Joshua 7:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Troubler Found and Removed Joshua 7:16-26 When God deals with sin He traces its genealogy. Twice over we have the list of Achan's ancestors, Joshua 7:1 ; Joshua 7:18 . To deal with sin th...

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• Joshua 7:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  This chapter opens with a significant and ominous "But." So far we have had the record of remarkable progress but! We now see the triumphant people defeated and flying and the reason is declared. It...

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• Joshua 7:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Observe, Reader! the tribe of Judah, out of which our Lord, after the flesh, sprang, had an Achan in it. And only of twelve disciples the Lord had a Judas. Dearest Redeemer! let me pause to admire an...

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• Joshua 7:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  So Joshua rose up early in the morning ,.... Which showed his readiness and diligence to obey the command of God; and as there was much work to do, it required that he should rise early: and broug...

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• Joshua 7:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken: Ver. 16. So Joshua rose up early. ] See chap. vi. 12. Long lying in bed is reckoned am...

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• Joshua 7:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  DEFEATED BY AI (vs.1-9) Though Joshua and Israel as such were unaware of it, there was sin in the camp that affected all of Israel, for we are told that "the children of Israel committed a trespa...

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• Joshua 7:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Achan's Arraignment; Achan's Confession; The Execution of Achan. B. C. 1451.       16 So Joshu...

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• Joshua 7:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  No text from Poole on this verse.

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• Joshua 7:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel near by their tribes, and the tribe of Judah was selected.' Joshua always rose early on special occasions. Perhaps it was in order to pra...

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• Joshua 7:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 7:21 . A goodly Babylonish garment] Lit . “A cloak of Shinar,” Shinar being the ancient name for the land of Babylon ( Genesis 10:10 ). These garments have the reputation...

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• Joshua 7:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Joshua 7:1 . The children of Israel committed a trespass; that is, Achan and his children, who concealed their father's sin, by hiding the accursed plunder in their tent. The sin of one man is her...

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• Joshua 7:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Achan . .. was taken. . Achan’s sin 1 . Look at it in itself. It was sacrilege--a robbing God of what He had directed to be devoted to His glory and appropriated to the use of His sanctuary....

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• Joshua 7:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION THE DISCOVERY OF ACHAN 'S SIN .— Joshua 7:16 The family of Judah. The expression מִשְׁפַתַת is remarkable. Many commentators would read מִשְׁפְחֹת, not without some M...

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• Joshua 7:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Achan Found Guilty and Punished

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• Joshua 7:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Ecclesiastes 9:10 ; Genesis 22:3 ; Joshua 3:1 ; Joshua 7:14 ; Psalms 119:60

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• Joshua 7:16 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  Sin Will Find You Out Joshua 7:11-26 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The question of sin is ever paramount in the Word of God. It was sin that made necessary the death of Christ upon the Cross. In spite of...

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