Joshua 7:21 BSB — MannaFest

Joshua 7:21

When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Shinar, two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”

BSB

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ASV

when I saw among the spoil a goodly Babylonish mantle, 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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Ambrose of Milan

On the Duties of the Clergy 2.26.129 (397)

But human habits have so long applied themselves to this admiration of money that no one is thought worthy of honor unless he is rich. This is no new habit. No, this vice (and that makes the matter worse) grew long years ago in human hearts. When the city of Jericho fell at the sound of the priests' trumpets and Joshua the son of Nun gained the victory, he knew that the valor of the people was weakened through love of money and desire for gold.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

When I saw - He accurately describes the progress of his sin, which began at his eye, which he permitted to gaze upon them, which inflamed his desire, and made him covet them; and that desire made him take them; and having taken, resolve to keep them; and to that end hide them in his tent.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

A goodly Babylonian garment - literally, “a robe or cloak of Shinar,” the plain in which Babylon was situated Gen 10:10. It was a long robe such as was worn by kings on state occasions Jon 3:6, and by prophets 1Ki 19:13; Zec 13:4. The Assyrians were in early times famous for the manufacture of beautiful dyed and richly embroidered robes (compare Eze 23:15). That such a robe should be found in a Canaanite city is natural enough.

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Original language & word study

24 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וָאֵ֣רֶא	va.'er.'eh'	and I saw	H7200 →
בַשָּׁלָ֡ל	va.sha.Lal	among the booty	H7998 →
אַדֶּ֣רֶת	'a.De.ret	<the> cloak of	H155 →
שִׁנְעָר֩	shin.'Ar	Shinar	H8152 →
אַחַ֨ת	'a.Chat	one	H259 →
טוֹבָ֜ה	to.Vah	good	H2896 →
וּמָאתַ֧יִם	u.ma.Ta.yim	and two hundred	H3967 →
שְׁקָלִ֣ים	she.ka.Lim	shekels	H8255 →
כֶּ֗סֶף	Ke.sef	silver	H3701 →
וּלְשׁ֨וֹן	u.le.Shon	and a wedge of	H3956 →
זָהָ֤ב	za.Hav	gold	H2091 →
אֶחָד֙	'e.Chad	one	H259 →
חֲמִשִּׁ֤ים	cha.mi.Shim	[was] fifty	H2572 →
שְׁקָלִים֙	she.ka.Lim	shekels	H8255 →
מִשְׁקָל֔וֹ	mish.ka.Lo	weight its	H4948 →
וָֽאֶחְמְדֵ֖ם	va.'ech.me.Dem	and I desired them	H2530 →
וָֽאֶקָּחֵ֑ם	va.'e.ka.Chem	and I took them	H3947 →
וְהִנָּ֨ם	ve.hi.Nam	and there they	H2009 →
טְמוּנִ֥ים	te.mu.Nim	[are] hidden	H2934 →
בָּאָ֛רֶץ	ba.'A.retz	in the ground	H776 →
בְּת֥וֹךְ	be.Tokh	in [the] midst of	H8432 →
הָאָֽהֳלִ֖י	ha.'o.ho.Li	<the> tent my	H168 →
וְהַכֶּ֥סֶף	ve.ha.Ke.sef	and the silver	H3701 →
תַּחְתֶּֽיהָ׃	tach.Tei.ha	[is] under it	H8478 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

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.

Through
Luke 12:15
And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
leads to
- Hebrews 13:5
  Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”
- 1 Timothy 6:6–10
  Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain.
- Psalms 119:36–37
  Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetous gain.
- Proverbs 16:16
  How much better to acquire wisdom than gold! To gain understanding is more desirable than silver.
- Proverbs 15:16
  Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with turmoil.
Through
Psalms 119:37
Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.
leads to
- 1 John 2:16
  For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.
- Proverbs 4:25
  Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead.
Through
James 1:15
Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
leads to
- Psalms 7:14
  Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.