Joshua 22:17
in Joshua 22Was not the sin of Peor enough for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day? It even brought a plague upon the congregation of the LORD.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves unto this day, although there came a plague upon the congregation of Jehovah,
KJV
Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the Lord,
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This verse in Joshua 22
Commentary
8 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
From which we are not cleansed until this day - Phinehas, who had borne a conspicuous part in vindicating the cause of God against those who fell away to Baal-peor, means that terrible as the punishment had been, there were still those among them who hankered after Baal worship, and even practiced it in secret. (Compare Joshua’s words, Jos 24:14-23.)
This site's exposition
This is what the whole congregation of the LORD says
on Joshua 22:16-17
The Hebrew word behind "breach of faith" is the word used of Achan's sin at 7:1, and the delegation names Achan four verses later. Peor is raised as a sin uncleansed "to this day", though its 24,000 dead at Numbers 25:9 had been gone a generation.
This site's exposition
Was not the sin of Peor
Commentators read the uncleansed sin as a guilt the nation still carried and as a love for the Baal of Peor that some still hid. Matthew Henry takes the second. At Joshua 24:23 Joshua still has to order Israel to get rid of the foreign gods among them.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Of Peor - That is, of our worshipping of Baal-peor, Num. xxv, 3. Probably this is mentioned the rather, because Phinehas, the first commissioner in this treaty, had signalized himself in that matter: and because they were now at or near the very place, where that iniquity was committed.
Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us,....
We are not cleansed from it unto this day; there are remaining sparks," First, "Of the infection of that sin; some among us so inclined to idolatry that if you set up another altar they will soon take occasion from that, whether you intend it or no, to worship another God." Secondly, "Of the wrath of God against us for that sin.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
The quality of the deputies evinced the deep solicitude that was felt on the occasion to maintain the purity of the divine worship throughout Israel. In the presumptive belief that the two tribes and a half had really built an altar, the deputies expressed astonishment at their so soon falling into such a heinous crime as that of violating the unity of divine worship (Ex 20:24;
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — unbalanced-parens
Is the iniquity of Peor too little - See this history, Num 25:3 (note), etc., and the notes there. Phinehas takes it for granted that this altar was built in opposition to the altar of God erected by Moses, and that they intended to have a separate service, priesthood, etc., which would be rebellion against God, and bring down his curse on them and their posterity; and, in order to show that God is jealous of his glory, he refers to the business of Baal Peor, which took place in that very country they were now about to possess, the destructive consequences of which he, through his zeal for the glory of God, was the means of preventing.
The words behind it
16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הַמְעַט־ | hamat- | ¿ little | H4592 → | |
| לָ֙נוּ֙ | lanu | for <the> us | ||
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | [was] <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| עֲוֹ֣ן | ʾavon | [the] iniquity of | H5771 → | |
| פְּע֔וֹר | peor | Peor | H6465 → | |
| אֲשֶׁ֤ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| הִטַּהַ֙רְנוּ֙ | hitaharnu | we have cleansed ourselves | H2891 → | |
| מִמֶּ֔נּוּ | mimenu | from it | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| עַ֖ד | ʾad | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| הַיּ֣וֹם | haiyom | the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַזֶּ֑ה | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| וַיְהִ֥י | vayhi | and it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| הַנֶּ֖גֶף | hanegef | the plague | H5063 → | |
| בַּעֲדַ֥ת | baadat | among [the] congregation of | H5712 → | 149 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
הַמְעַט־¿ little
hamat-H4592 →
לָ֙נוּ֙for <the> us
lanu
אֶת־[was] <obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
עֲוֹ֣ן[the] iniquity of
ʾavonH5771 →
פְּע֔וֹרPeor
peorH6465 →
אֲשֶׁ֤רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
לֹֽא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
הִטַּהַ֙רְנוּ֙we have cleansed ourselves
hitaharnuH2891 →
מִמֶּ֔נּוּfrom it
mimenuH4480 →1188 times
עַ֖דuntil
ʾadH5704 →1261 times
הַיּ֣וֹםthe day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
הַזֶּ֑ה<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
וַיְהִ֥יand it was
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
הַנֶּ֖גֶףthe plague
hanegefH5063 →
בַּעֲדַ֥תamong [the] congregation of
baadatH5712 →149 times
יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 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
1 Corinthians 10:11Now these things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.
it leads to
- Romans 15:4
For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.
- Romans 13:11
And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
- 1 John 2:18
Children, it is the last hour; and just as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. This is how we know it is the last hour.
- 1 Corinthians 9:10
Isn’t He actually speaking on our behalf? Indeed, this was written for us, because when the plowman plows and the thresher threshes, they should also expect to share in the harvest.
- Romans 15:4
Through
1 Corinthians 10:8We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.
it leads to
- Numbers 25:1–9
While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab,
- 1 Corinthians 6:18
Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.
- Psalms 106:29
So they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.
- 1 Corinthians 6:9
Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual…
- Numbers 25:1–9
Where this verse is studied
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Studies1
About Joshua
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.