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children. sons.
a trespass. a treachery, unfaithfulness. Hebrew ma'al. App-43. Compare Leviticus 6:2. Deu 32:51. 1 Chronicles 5:25, breach of faith or trust.
accursed. devoted. Compare Joshua 6:17, &c.
Achan Troubler; called Achar, 1 Chronicles 2:7.
took. Septuagint has enosphisanto. took for themselves, i.e. sacrilege. Same word as in Acts 5:1; Acts 5:2 of Ananias and Sapphire.
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
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Joshua 7:2 open_in_new
men. Hebrew, plural of ish or 'enosh. App-14.
Ai. Near Beth-el. Compare Genesis 12:8; Genesis 13:3.
Beth-aven. House of vanity.
Beth-el. House of God. Compare Genesis 28:19.
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go up. go toilingly thither.
men. Hebrew. ish. App-14.
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Joshua 7:5 open_in_new
melted. became as water. Figure of speech Hyperbole. App-6.
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Joshua 7:7 open_in_new
Alas. Figure of speech Ecphonesis. App-6
Lord GOD. Adonai Jehovah. See App-4.
wherefore. ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.
would to God. Hebrew "would that". No "to God "in Hebrew text.
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O LORD *, Hebrew. Adonai; but this is one of the 134 places altered from Jehovah to Adonai by the Sopherim
turneth. hath [once] turned.
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Joshua 7:9 open_in_new
what. ? Figure of speech , Erotesis. App-6.
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Joshua 7:10 open_in_new
said. See note on Joshua 3:7.
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Joshua 7:11 open_in_new
and. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton. App-6.
for = and. All these "ands" might be well rendered "moreover".
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(10-13) There is. minute correspondence between Joshua 7:10-13, an Extended alternation of five members each, for which we have no space; also between Joshua 7:14 and Joshua 7:16-18.
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Joshua 7:13 open_in_new
God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.
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Joshua 7:14 open_in_new
taketh. taketh [by lot], i.e. by the Urim and Thummim. Sec note on Exodus 28:30 and Numbers 26:55. The Urim stone bringing to "light" the guilty, and the Thummim declaring the "perfection" or innocence.
man. geber. App-14.
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Joshua 7:15 open_in_new
burnt. burnt up, but not necessarily alive, Hebrew. saraph. See App-43.
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Joshua 7:17 open_in_new
family Some codices, with Septuagint and Vulgate, read plural "families".
man by man. Some codices, with two early printed editions, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "by their households".
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give... glory to the LORD. All the Vulgate versions corrupt this passage by omitting "to Him". The Portuguese version of Figuoredo changes "Him" to "me".
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Joshua 7:21 open_in_new
a. one.
Babylonish. Hebrew. "of Shinar", i.e. of Babylonia.
shekels. See App-51.
Wedge. bar. Hebrew tongue: put by Figure of speech, Metonymy (of Adjunct) for. coin of this shape (App-6).
behold. Figure of speech Asterismos, App-6).
it. Feminine. Probably referring to the garment.
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Joshua 7:23 open_in_new
the midst. Figure of speech Pleonasm (App-6).
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Joshua 7:24 open_in_new
son of Zerah. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Species) for great-grandson. App-6.
and. Note the Figure of speech Polysendeton (App-6), emphasising each particular.
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Why... ? Figure of speech Erotesis (App-6).
troubled... trouble. Hebrew. Achored... Acker.
stoned them: i.e. the people, not the property.
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the fierceness. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia (App-6).