Joshua 7:19
in Joshua 7So Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the LORD, the God of Israel, and make a confession to Him. I urge you to tell me what you have done; do not hide it from me.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to Jehovah, the God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Joshua 7
Commentary
7 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Give glory to the Lord - A form of solemn adjuration by which the person addressed was called upon before God to declare the truth. The phrase assumes that the glory of God is always promoted by manifestation of the truth (compare the marginal references).
This site's exposition
make a confession to Him
on Joshua 7:19-20
Joshua calls him “My son”, and “give glory to the LORD, the God of Israel” is a solemn demand for the truth under oath. The older commentators divide over what the confession was worth, Clarke holding out hope and others reading an admission the lot had forced.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
Upon thy face - This business is not to be done by inactive supplication, but by vigourous endeavours for reformation. Israel - Some or one of them. Transgressed my covenant - That is, broken the conditions of my covenant which they have promised to perform, whereof this was one, not to meddle with the accursed thing.
And Joshua said unto Achan, my son,....
And by this story it appears that, as the laws, so Canaan itself, "made nothing perfect," the perfection both of holiness and peace to God's Israel is to be expected in the heavenly Canaan only.
Note, In confessing sin, as we take shame to ourselves, so we give glory to God as righteous God, owning him justly displeased with us, and as a good God, who will not improve our confessions as evidences against us, but is faithful and just to forgive when we are brought to own that he would be faithful and just if he should punish.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
My son, give - glory to the Lord God - The person being now detected, Joshua wishes him to acknowledge the omniscience of God, and confess his crime. And doubtless this was designed, not only for the edification of the people, and a vindication of the righteous judgment of God, but in reference to his own salvation; for as his life was now become forfeited to the law, there was the utmost necessity of humiliation before God that his soul might be saved. Give glory to God signifies the same as, Make a thorough confession as in the presence of God, and disguise no part of the truth. In this way and in these very words the Jews adjured the man who had been born blind that he would truly tell who had healed him; for they pretended to believe that Christ was such a sinner that God would not work a miracle by him. Joh 9:24.
The words behind it
22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֨אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ | yehoshua' | Joshua | H3091 → | 218 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| עָכָ֗ן | ʾakhan | Achan | H5912 → | 6 times |
| בְּנִי֙ | beni | O son my | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| שִֽׂים־ | sim- | put | H7760 → | 584 times |
| נָ֣א | na' | please | H4994 → | 404 times |
| כָב֗וֹד | khavod | glory | H3519 → | |
| לַֽיהוָ֛ה | layahweh | to Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֵ֥י | ʾelohei | [the] God of | H430 → | 2601 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| וְתֶן־ | veten- | and give | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| ל֣וֹ | lo | to <the> him | ||
| תוֹדָ֑ה | todah | confession | H8426 → | |
| וְהַגֶּד־ | vehaged- | and tell | H5046 → | 370 times |
| נָ֥א | na' | please | H4994 → | 404 times |
| לִי֙ | li | to <the> me | ||
| מֶ֣ה | meh | what? | H4100 → | 752 times |
| עָשִׂ֔יתָ | ʾasita | have you done | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אַל־ | ʾal- | may not | H408 → | 724 times |
| תְּכַחֵ֖ד | tekhached | you hide [it] | H3582 → | |
| מִמֶּֽנִּי׃ | mimeni | from me | H4480 → | 1188 times |
וַיֹּ֨אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַJoshua
yehoshua'H3091 →218 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
עָכָ֗ןAchan
ʾakhanH5912 →6 times
בְּנִי֙O son my
beniH1121 →4930 times
שִֽׂים־put
sim-H7760 →584 times
נָ֣אplease
na'H4994 →404 times
כָב֗וֹדglory
khavodH3519 →
לַֽיהוָ֛הto Yahweh
layahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֵ֥י[the] God of
ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
וְתֶן־and give
veten-H5414 →2011 times
ל֣וֹto <the> him
lo
תוֹדָ֑הconfession
todahH8426 →
וְהַגֶּד־and tell
vehaged-H5046 →370 times
נָ֥אplease
na'H4994 →404 times
לִי֙to <the> me
li
מֶ֣הwhat?
mehH4100 →752 times
עָשִׂ֔יתָhave you done
ʾasitaH6213 →2628 times
אַל־may not
ʾal-H408 →724 times
תְּכַחֵ֖דyou hide [it]
tekhachedH3582 →
מִמֶּֽנִּי׃from me
mimeniH4480 →1188 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
Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.
it leads to
- Isaiah 8:22
Then they will look to the earth and see only distress and darkness and the gloom of anguish. And they will be driven into utter darkness.
- Isaiah 59:9
Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom.
- Isaiah 60:2
For behold, darkness covers the earth, and thick darkness is over the peoples; but the LORD will rise upon you, and His glory will appear over you.
- Proverbs 4:19
But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.
- Isaiah 5:30
In that day they will roar over it, like the roaring of the sea. If one looks over the land, he will see darkness and distress; even the light will be obscured by clouds.
- Isaiah 8:22
Through
1 Samuel 6:5Make images of your tumors and of the rats that are ravaging the land. Give glory to the God of Israel, and perhaps He will lift His hand from you and your gods and…
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 5:6–7
Now the hand of the LORD was heavy on the people of Ashdod and its vicinity, ravaging them and afflicting them with tumors.
- 1 Samuel 5:11
Then the Ekronites assembled all the rulers of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel. It must return to its place, so that it will not kill us…
- 1 Samuel 5:6–7
Through
John 9:24So a second time they called for the man who had been blind and said, “Give glory to God! We know that this man is a sinner.”
it leads to
- John 9:16
Because of this, some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for He does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a sinful man perform such signs?” And there…
- John 9:16
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.