Ezra 9:10; Habakkuk 2:1; Romans 3:5; Romans 3:6
VII. Achan's Trespass, Israel's Defeat, Achan's Punishment. Joshua 7:1 . The name should probably be Achar. The narrative presents no difficultie...
O LORD *, Hebrew. Adonai; but this is one of the 134 places altered from Jehovah to Adonai by the Sopherim turneth . hath [once] turned.
DISCOURSE: 249 ISRAEL DISCOMFITED BY THE MEN OF AI [Note: Fast-day Sermon for disappointments and defeats in war.] Joshua 7:8 . O Lord, what sh...
O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies!
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 de...
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...
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...
Joshua advanceth in his argument of wrestling with God, and pleads, as the strongest and best of all arguments, the glory and honour of his name. Wha...
O Lord, what shall I say ,.... For the comfort and encouragement of the people of Israel, in vindication of thy power and faithfulness, and against...
O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies! Ver. 8. O Lord! what shall I say? &c. ] How shall I stop the o...
What shall I say? In answer to the reproaches of our insulting enemies? When Israel God's people, which he hath singled out of all nations for hi...
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...
6 And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the L ORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Isra...
What shall I say, in answer to the reproaches cast by our insulting enemies upon us, and upon thy name? Israel; God's own people, which he hath s...
‘ And Joshua said, “Alas! O Lord YHWH, why have you at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to cause u...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 7:6 . Rent his clothes … put dust upon their heads] Both are ancient and common signs of mourning. They were practised am...
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...
Joshua . .. fell . .. before the ark of the Lord. Joshua’s plea before the ark The ark was the centre of mercy to Israel, and the glory o...
EXPOSITION JOSHUA 'S PRAYER AND GOD 'S ANSWER .— Joshua 7:6 And Joshua rent his clothes. A token of grief usual among the Jews (see...
Israel's defeat at Ai
O Lord, what shall I say when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies in shameful flight?
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...
What shall I say — In answer to the reproaches of our insulting enemies. When Israel — God's people, which he hath singled out of all nations for h...
8 O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backsb before their enemies!