Deuteronomy 28:25; Deuteronomy 32:30; Isaiah 30:17; Isaiah 59:2; Leviticus 26:17
VII. Achan's Trespass, Israel's Defeat, Achan's Punishment. Joshua 7:1 . The name should probably be Achar. The narrative presents no difficultie...
So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai. About three thousand men - The spies sent to rec...
Ver. 4, 5. And they fled, &c.— The garrison of Ai, observing the Israelites to be so few in number, made a sally. The latter, left by God,...
So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai. They fled before the men of Ai. An unexp...
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...
They fled before the men of Ai. — A very natural reaction from overweening confidence to utter dismay is exhibited in this incident and its effect...
CHAPTER XIV. ACHAN'S TRESPASS. Joshua 7:1-26 . A VESSEL in full sail scuds merrily over the waves. Everything betokens a successful and delight...
the First Defeat and Its Cause Joshua 7:1-15 Israel was taught that victory is possible only where there are exact obedience and sincere consec...
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 d...
Reader! spiritualize the passage, and say: Doth not your heart melt, when at any time the enemy seemeth to triumph, when from unbelief; or disobedien...
So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men ,.... Joshua detached from the army the largest number proposed, that there might be...
So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai. Ver. 4. And they fled before the men of Ai. ]...
They fled before the men of Ai Not having courage, it seems, to strike a stroke, a plain evidence that God had forsaken them, and an instructive ev...
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 to...
The Sin of Achan. B. C. 1451. 1 But th...
Not having their usual courage to strike a stroke, which was a plain evidence that God had forsaken them; and a useful instruction, to show them what...
‘ So there went up there of the people about three eleph men, and they fled before the men of Ai.' The three units soon discovered that Ai was to...
TROUBLE IN THE LORD’S CAMP CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 7:1 . Committed a trespass] Lit ., “deceived a deceit” The meaning of the verb is to cover...
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 accurse...
They fled before the men of Ai. The true measure of strength In every estimate of work to be done by men, or by money, the moral element ought...
EXPOSITION THE DEFEAT BEFORE AI .— Joshua 7:1 Committed a trespass in the accursed thing. The word מָעַל, here used, signifies or...
Israel's defeat at Ai
So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men; and they fled before the men of Ai. They not only were unable to accomplish their pu...
The Woes of Achan Joshua 7:1-10 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Our Scripture opens with the following statement: "But the Children of Israel committed a t...
They fled — Not having courage to strike a stroke, which was a plain evidence that God had forsaken then; and an useful instruction, to shew them w...
4 So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.