Joshua 7:25
in Joshua 7“Why have you brought this trouble upon us?” said Joshua. “Today the LORD will bring trouble upon you!” And all Israel stoned him to death. Then they stoned the others and burned their bodies.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? Jehovah shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones; and they burned them with fire, and stoned them with stones.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Joshua 7
Commentary
3 notes on this verseWhy hast thou troubled us? - Here is a reference to the meaning of Achan’s or Achar’s name, מה עכרתנו meh Achar-tanu; and as עכר achar is used here, and not עכן achan, and the valley is called the valley of Achor, and not the valley of Achan, hence some have supposed that Achar was his proper name, as it is read 1Ch 2:7, and in some MSS., and ancient versions. See the note on Jos 7:
This site's exposition
took Achan the son of
on Joshua 7:24-25
Achan's sons and daughters are brought down to the valley with the oxen and the tent, and what happened to them is disputed. Verse 25 carries both pronouns, stoned him with stones and burned them with fire, and readers have taken the them for the family or for the goods and the cattle. Deuteronomy 24:16 forbids putting children to death for a father and 2 Kings 14:6 quotes that law as binding, which is the ground of the narrower reading; those who hold that the household died with him point to verse 24 and read the family as knowing what lay buried under their own floor. Joshua's question uses the verb the valley takes its name from, why hast thou troubled us, and the sentence he pronounces turns that same verb back.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
They were stoned (which was the punishment of such offenders, Lev. xxiv, 14 Num. xv, 35,) and not burned to death; but God would have their dead carcases burned to shew his utmost detestation of such persons as break forth into sins of such a public scandal and mischief.
The words behind it
19 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙ | yehoshua' | Joshua | H3091 → | 218 times |
| מֶ֣ה | meh | why? | H4100 → | 752 times |
| עֲכַרְתָּ֔נוּ | ʾakhartanu | have you brought trouble to us | H5916 → | 14 times |
| יַעְכֳּרְךָ֥ | ya'korkha | he will bring trouble to you | H5916 → | 14 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| בַּיּ֣וֹם | baiyom | on the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַזֶּ֑ה | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| וַיִּרְגְּמ֨וּ | vaiyirgemu | and they stoned | H7275 → | |
| אֹת֤וֹ | ʾoto | <obj.> him | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָל־ | khol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| אֶ֔בֶן | ʾeven | stone[s] | H68 → | 273 times |
| וַיִּשְׂרְפ֤וּ | vaiyisrefu | and they burned | H8313 → | 117 times |
| אֹתָם֙ | ʾotam | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בָּאֵ֔שׁ | baesh | with <the> fire | H784 → | 378 times |
| וַיִּסְקְל֥וּ | vaiyiskelu | and they stoned | H5619 → | |
| אֹתָ֖ם | ʾotam | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בָּאֲבָנִֽים׃ | baavanim | with <the> stones | H68 → | 273 times |
וַיֹּ֤אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙Joshua
yehoshua'H3091 →218 times
מֶ֣הwhy?
mehH4100 →752 times
עֲכַרְתָּ֔נוּhave you brought trouble to us
ʾakhartanuH5916 →14 times
יַעְכֳּרְךָ֥he will bring trouble to you
ya'korkhaH5916 →14 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
בַּיּ֣וֹםon the day
baiyomH3117 →2304 times
הַזֶּ֑ה<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
וַיִּרְגְּמ֨וּand they stoned
vaiyirgemuH7275 →
אֹת֤וֹ<obj.> him
ʾotoH853 →10935 times
כָל־all
khol-H3605 →5413 times
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Israel
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
אֶ֔בֶןstone[s]
ʾevenH68 →273 times
וַיִּשְׂרְפ֤וּand they burned
vaiyisrefuH8313 →117 times
אֹתָם֙<obj.> them
ʾotamH853 →10935 times
בָּאֵ֔שׁwith <the> fire
baeshH784 →378 times
וַיִּסְקְל֥וּand they stoned
vaiyiskeluH5619 →
אֹתָ֖ם<obj.> them
ʾotamH853 →10935 times
בָּאֲבָנִֽים׃with <the> stones
baavanimH68 →273 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Deuteronomy 17:5you must bring out to your gates the man or woman who has done this evil thing, and you must stone that person to death.
it leads to
- Leviticus 24:14
“Take the blasphemer outside the camp, and have all who heard him lay their hands on his head; then have the whole assembly stone him.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Leviticus 24:14
Through
Joshua 6:18But keep away from the things devoted to destruction, lest you yourself be set apart for destruction. If you take any of these, you will set apart the camp of Israel for destruction and…
it leads to
- 1 John 5:21
Little children, keep yourselves from idols.
- Ephesians 5:11
Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
- Joshua 7:1
The Israelites, however, acted unfaithfully regarding the things devoted to destruction. Achan son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of what was set…
- Joshua 7:11–12
Israel has sinned; they have transgressed My covenant that I commanded them, and they have taken some of what was devoted to destruction. Indeed, they have stolen and lied, and they have put these…
- 1 John 5:21
Through
Leviticus 24:14“Take the blasphemer outside the camp, and have all who heard him lay their hands on his head; then have the whole assembly stone him.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 21:21
Then all the men of his city will stone him to death. So you must purge the evil from among you, and all Israel will hear and be afraid.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Leviticus 20:27
A man or a woman who is a medium or spiritist must surely be put to death. They shall be stoned; their blood is upon them.’”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 17:7
The hands of the witnesses shall be the first in putting him to death, and after that, the hands of all the people. So you must purge the evil from among you.
- Deuteronomy 21:21
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth.
