1-5 The Israelites are smitten at Ai 6-9 Joshua's complaint 10-15 God instructs him what to do 16-18 Achan is taken by the lot 19-23 His confession 24-26 He and all he had are destroyed in the valley of Achor

committed Jos 7:20,21 22:16 2Ch 24:18 Ezr 9:6 Da 9:7

for Achan Jos 22:20 1Ch 2:6,7

Achar,Zimri
took Jos 6:17,18

the anger Jos 22:18 2Sa 24:1 1Ch 21:7 Ec 9:18 Jon 1:7 1Co 5:1-6 Heb 12:15,16

2 And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Bethaven, on the east of Bethel, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai.

to Ai Jos 12:9 Ge 12:8

Hai
Beth-aven Jos 18:12 Ge 28:19 Ho 4:15

Go up Jos 2:1 Pr 20:18 24:6 Mt 10:16 Eph 5:15

3 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.

about two [heb] about 2000 men, or about 3000 men.
labour Pr 13:4 21:25 Lu 13:24 Heb 4:11 6:11,12 2Pe 1:5,10

4 So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.

fled Le 26:17 De 28:25 32:30 Isa 30:17 59:2

5 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.

for they De 1:44

the going down. or, Morad
wherefore Jos 2:9,11 5:1 Le 26:36 Ps 22:14 Isa 13:7

6 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.

rent Ge 37:29,34 Nu 14:6 2Sa 13:31 Ezr 9:3-5 Es 4:1 Job 1:20 Ac 14:14

fell Nu 16:22,45 2Sa 12:16

until the eventide Jud 20:23,26 21:2 2Sa 1:12

put dust Rending the clothes, beating the breast, tearing the hair, throw- ing dust upon the head, and falling prostrate, were usual signs of deep affliction and distress among the ancient Israelites. In illustration of this custom, see 1sa 4:12, when the messenger brought tidings to Eli of the discomfiture of the armies of Israel by the Philistines; again in the case of Tamar, 2sa 13:19, and in Ne 9:1, when a whole nation, `assembled with fasting, and with sackcloth, and earth upon them.' See also the case of Mordecai, Es 4:1, and Job 2:12, where his friends abased themselves to comfort him; refer also to Eze 27:30 Jon 3:6 and Mic 1:10. In each of these instances it is worthy of remark, that putting dust on the head generally follows rending of the clothes, and was the usual mode of evincing poignant sorrow

7 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!

wherefore Ex 5:22,23 Nu 14:3 2Ki 3:10 Ps 116:11 Jer 12:1,2 Heb 12:5

to deliver Ex 14:11,12 17:3 Nu 20:4,5 Mt 17:17,20 8:17,18

would to Ex 16:3

and dwelt Jos 1:2-4

8 O LORD, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies!

what shall Ezr 9:10 Hab 2:1 Ro 3:5,6

back [heb] necks

9 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?

shall hear Ex 32:12 Nu 14:13

environ Ps 83:4 124:2,3

what wilt thou De 32:26,27 Ps 106:6-8 Eze 20:9 36:22,23 Joe 2:17 Joh 12:28

10 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?

wherefore Ex 14:15 1Sa 15:22 16:1 1Ch 22:16

liest [heb] fallest Jos 7:6

11 Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff.

Israel Jos 7:1,20,21

transgressed Jos 23:16 De 17:2 Jud 2:20 2Ki 18:12 Isa 24:5 50:1,2 Jer 31:32 Ho 6:7

the accursed Jos 7:21 6:17-19

stolen Mal 3:8,9 Mt 22:21

dissembled 2Ki 5:25,26 Joh 12:5,6 Ac 5:1,2,9 Heb 4:13

among Le 5:15 Hab 2:6 Zec 5:4

12 Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you.

the children Jos 22:18-20 Nu 14:45 Jud 2:4 Ps 5:4,5 Pr 28:1 Isa 59:2 Hab 1:13

they were Jos 6:18 De 7:26 Hag 2:13,14

neither Jer 6:8 23:33 Ho 9:12

13 Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.

sanctify Jos 3:5 Ex 19:10-15 La 3:40,41 Joe 2:16,17 Zep 2:1,2

an accursed Jos 7:11 2Ch 28:10 Mt 7:5

take away 1Co 5:1-6,11-13

14 In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the LORD taketh shall come according to the families thereof; and the family which the LORD shall take shall come by households; and the household which the LORD shall take shall come man by man.

the tribe Jos 7:17,18 1Sa 10:19-21 14:38-42 Pr 16:33 Jon 1:7 Ac 1:24-26

15 And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel.

he that is Jos 7:25,26 De 13:15,16 1Sa 14:38,39

he hath Jos 7:11

wrought Ge 34:7 Jud 20:6 1Sa 26:21 2Sa 13:13

folly. or, wickedness

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

rose up Jos 3:1 Ge 22:3 Ps 119:60 Ec 9:10

and brought Jos 7:14

17 And he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zarhites: and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was taken:

Ge 38:30

Zarah Nu 26:20 1Ch 2:4-7

18 And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.

was taken Nu 32:23 1Sa 14:42 Pr 13:21 Jer 2:26 Ac 5:1-10

19 And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the LORD God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me.

My son 2Ti 2:25 Tit 2:2 Jas 1:20 1Pe 3:8,9

give 1Sa 6:5 Isa 13:12 Jer 13:16 Lu 17:18 Joh 9:24 Re 16:9

make Nu 5:6,7 2Ch 30:22 33:12,13 Ezr 10:10,11 Ps 32:5 51:3 Pr 23:13 Da 9:4 Ro 10:10 1Jo 1:8-10

tell me 1Sa 14:43 Jon 1:8-10

20 And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done:

Indeed Ge 42:21 Ex 10:16 1Sa 15:24,30 Job 7:20 33:27 Ps 38:18 Mt 27:4

21 When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.

I saw Ge 3:6 6:2 2Sa 11:2 Job 31:1 Ps 119:37 Pr 23:31 28:22 Mt 5:28,29 1Jo 2:15,16

Babylonish garment Addereth shindir, `a splendid or costly robe of Shinar,' the plain in which Babylon stood. Bochart and Calmet have shown at large, that Babylonish robes were very splendid, and in high reputation. Calmet says, they are generally allowed to have been of various colours, though some suppose they were woven thus; others, that they were embroidered with the needle; and others, that they were painted. Silius Italicus seems to think they were woven. Martial supposes them to have been embroidered with the needle; and Pliny and Apuleius speak of them as painted. Ge 10:10

wedge [heb] tongue
I coveted Ex 20:17 De 7:25 1Ki 21:1,2 2Ki 5:20-27 Hab 2:9 Ro 7:7,8 Eph 5:3 Col 3:5 1Ti 6:9,10 Heb 13:5 2Pe 2:15

took them Pr 4:23 Mic 2:1,2 Jas 1:15

they are hid 2Sa 11:6-17 2Ki 5:24,25 Isa 28:15 29:15 Lu 12:2

22 So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.

23 And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them unto Joshua, and unto all the children of Israel, and laid them out before the LORD.

laid them out [heb] poured

24 And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor.

took Achan Jos 7:1 Job 20:15 Pr 15:27 Ec 5:13 Eze 22:13,14 1Ti 6:9,10

his sons Jos 6:18,21 Ge 18:25 Ex 20:5 Nu 16:27-31 Job 20:23-28

the valley Jos 7:26 15:7 Isa 65:10 Ho 2:15

25 And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.

Why hast Jos 7:11-13 6:18 Ge 34:30 1Ki 18:17,18 1Ch 2:7 Hab 2:6-9 Ga 5:12 2Th 1:6 Heb 12:15

all Israel Le 20:2 24:14 De 13:10 17:5 21:21 22:21-24

burned Jos 7:15 Ge 38:24 Le 20:14 21:9

26 And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.

raised Jos 8:29 10:27 2Sa 18:17 La 3:52

So the Lord De 13:17 2Sa 21:14 Isa 40:2 Joe 2:13,18 Joh 3:9,10 Zec 6:8

The valley Jos 7:24 Isa 65:10 Ho 2:15

Achor. that is, Trouble Jos 7:25