Joshua 10:18

So Joshua said, “Roll large stones against the mouth of the cave, and post men there to guard them.

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KJV

And Joshua said, Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave, and set men by it for to keep them:

ASV

And Joshua said, Roll great stones unto the mouth of the cave, and set men by it to keep them:

YLT

And Joshua saith, `Roll great stones unto the mouth of the cave, and appoint over it men to watch them;

DBT

And Joshua said, Roll great stones before the mouth of the cave, and set men before it to keep them.

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And Joshua said, roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave,.... To keep the kings in, that they might not make their escape, until he had convenient time to have them brought before him, and be treated by him as they deserved; and no doubt there were plenty of stones about the hill or mountain, in which this cave was, fit for this purpose: and set men by it for to keep them; as a guard upon them, to prevent their escape.

John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed

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The last act, probably the next day, was the disposal of the prisoners, among whom the five kings were consigned to the infamous doom of being slain (De 20:16, 17); and then their corpses were suspended on five trees till the evening.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

And the care Joshua took to keep them there when they were there, as it is an instance of his policy and presence of mind, even in the heat of action, so, in the result of their project, it shows how those not only deceive themselves, but destroy themselves, who think to hide themselves from God. Their refuge of lies will but bind them over to God's judgment.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Matthew 27:66
So they went and secured the tomb by sealing the stone and posting the guard.
Joshua 10:22
Then Joshua said, “Open the mouth of the cave and bring those five kings out to me.”
Amos 5:19
It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake.
Job 21:30
Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.
Amos 9:1
I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those who flee will get away; none of the fugitives will escape.
Judges 9:46–49
On hearing of this, all the leaders in the tower of Shechem entered the inner chamber of the temple of El-berith.

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PersonConquestJoshuaMoses' minister and successor, one of the two faithful spies; he led Israel across Jordan, around Jericho, and through the conques…

About this book

Joshua Commands the Sun to Stand Still — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866) — public domain

Joshua — The entry narrative — Israel crosses the Jordan, takes the Land through three conquest campaigns, and renews covenant at Shechem. The hinge between Torah's promises and the historical record of those promises unfolding.

Canon: Old Testament
Author: Joshua himself at least in part (24:26 — ‘Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God’); later editorial framing traditional
Date: Events c. 1400 BC (early) or 1230 BC (late); compilation across the early-monarchy period

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

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Matthew 27:66
So they went and secured the tomb by sealing the stone and posting the guard.
leads to
- Daniel 6:17
  A stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the rings of his nobles, so that nothing concerning Daniel…
Through
Job 21:30
Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.
leads to
- Proverbs 16:4
  The LORD has made everything for His purpose— even the wicked for the day of disaster.
Through
Amos 5:19
It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a…
leads to
- Isaiah 24:17–18
  Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of the earth.
- Jeremiah 15:2–3
  If they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘Those destined for death, to death; those destined for the sword, to the sword;…
Through
Amos 9:1
I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will…
leads to
- Psalms 68:21
  Surely God will crush the heads of His enemies, the hairy crowns of those who persist in guilty ways.
- Isaiah 6:1
  In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted; and the train of His robe filled the temple.
- Amos 3:14
  On the day I punish Israel for their transgressions, I will visit destruction on the altars of Bethel; the horns of the altar will be cut off, and they will fall to the ground.
- John 1:18
  No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.

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