Joshua 7:24
in Joshua 7Then Joshua, together with all Israel, took Achan son of Zerah, the silver, the cloak, the bar of gold, his sons and daughters, his oxen and donkeys and sheep, his tent, and everything else he owned, and brought them to the Valley of Achor.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the mantle, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them up unto the valley of Achor.
KJV
And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor.
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This verse in Joshua 7
Commentary
9 notes on this verseJoshua - took Achan - and all that he had - He and his cattle and substance were brought to the valley to be consumed; his sons and his daughters, probably, to witness the judgments of God inflicted on their disobedient parent. See Jos 7:25.
This site's exposition
took Achan son of Zerah
on Joshua 7:24-25
Deuteronomy 24:16 forbids putting children to death for a father, while others read the household as sharing in what lay under their floor. Joshua’s question, “Why have you brought this trouble upon us”, uses the verb the valley is named from, and his sentence turns it back.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening5 voices
If it be pretended that some of them were infants; the text doth not say so, but only calls them sons and daughters. And considering that Achan was an old man, as is most probable, because he was the fifth person from Judah, it seems most likely, that the children were grown up, and so capable of knowing, and concealing, or discovering this fact.
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, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah,....
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.
They were all spectators of it, that they might see and fear. Public executions are public examples. Nay, they were all consenting to his death, and as many as could were active in it, in token of the universal detestation in which they held his sacrilegious attempt, and their dread of God's displeasure against them.
2 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
"All Israel" was present, not only as spectators, but active agents, as many as possible, in inflicting the punishment--thus testifying their abhorrence of the sacrilege, and their intense solicitude to regain the divine favor.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The sin had been national (Jos 7:1 note), and accordingly the expiation of it was no less so. The whole nation, no doubt through its usual representatives, took part in executing the sentence. Achan had fallen by his own act under the ban Jos 6:18, and consequently he and his were treated as were communities thus devoted Deu 13:15-17. It would appear too that Achan’s family must have been accomplices in his sin; for the stolen spoil could hardly have been concealed in his tent without their being privy thereto.
The words behind it
36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּקַּ֣ח | vaiyikach | and he took | H3947 → | 966 times |
| יְהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ | yehoshua' | Joshua | H3091 → | 218 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| עָכָ֣ן | ʾakhan | Achan | H5912 → | 6 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| זֶ֡רַח | zerach | Zerah | H2226 → | 21 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַכֶּ֣סֶף | hakesef | the silver | H3701 → | 403 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָאַדֶּ֣רֶת | haaderet | the cloak | H155 → | |
| וְֽאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| לְשׁ֣וֹן | leshon | [the] wedge of | H3956 → | 117 times |
| הַזָּהָ֡ב | hazahav | <the> gold | H2091 → | 389 times |
| וְֽאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בָּנָ֡יו | banav | sons his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| וְֽאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בְּנֹתָ֡יו | benotav | daughters his | H1323 → | 588 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שׁוֹרוֹ֩ | shoro | ox[en] his | H7794 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| חֲמֹר֨וֹ | chamoro | donkey[s] his | H2543 → | 96 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| צֹאנ֤וֹ | tzono | sheep his | H6629 → | |
| וְאֶֽת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אָהֳלוֹ֙ | ʾoholo | tent his | H168 → | 345 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| ל֔וֹ | lo | [belonged] to <the> him | ||
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| עִמּ֑וֹ | imo | with him | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| וַיַּעֲל֥וּ | vaiyaalu | and they brought up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| אֹתָ֖ם | ʾotam | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
| עֵ֥מֶק | ʾemek | [the] valley of | H6010 → | 69 times |
| עָכֽוֹר׃ | akhor | Achor | H5911 → | 5 times |
וַיִּקַּ֣חand he took
vaiyikachH3947 →966 times
יְהוֹשֻׁ֣עַJoshua
yehoshua'H3091 →218 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
עָכָ֣ןAchan
ʾakhanH5912 →6 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
זֶ֡רַחZerah
zerachH2226 →21 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַכֶּ֣סֶףthe silver
hakesefH3701 →403 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הָאַדֶּ֣רֶתthe cloak
haaderetH155 →
וְֽאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
לְשׁ֣וֹן[the] wedge of
leshonH3956 →117 times
הַזָּהָ֡ב<the> gold
hazahavH2091 →389 times
וְֽאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
בָּנָ֡יוsons his
banavH1121 →4930 times
וְֽאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
בְּנֹתָ֡יוdaughters his
benotavH1323 →588 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
שׁוֹרוֹ֩ox[en] his
shoroH7794 →
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
חֲמֹר֨וֹdonkey[s] his
chamoroH2543 →96 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
צֹאנ֤וֹsheep his
tzonoH6629 →
וְאֶֽת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
אָהֳלוֹ֙tent his
ʾoholoH168 →345 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
אֲשֶׁר־that
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
ל֔וֹ[belonged] to <the> him
lo
וְכָל־and all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
עִמּ֑וֹwith him
imoH5973 →1050 times
וַיַּעֲל֥וּand they brought up
vaiyaaluH5927 →890 times
אֹתָ֖ם<obj.> them
ʾotamH853 →10935 times
עֵ֥מֶק[the] valley of
ʾemekH6010 →69 times
עָכֽוֹר׃Achor
akhorH5911 →5 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
Exodus 20:5You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 5:9
You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth…
- Numbers 14:18
‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon…
- Deuteronomy 4:24
For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
- Exodus 34:14
For you must not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
- Joshua 24:19
But Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the LORD, for He is a holy God; He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your rebellion or your sins.
- Deuteronomy 5:9
Through
Hosea 2:15There I will give back her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor into a gateway of hope. There she will respond as she did in the days of her youth, as in the…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 2:2
“Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed Me in the wilderness,…
- Ezekiel 28:26
And there they will dwell securely, build houses, and plant vineyards. They will dwell securely when I execute judgments against all those around them who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that…
- Hosea 11:1
When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son.
- Jeremiah 2:2
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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); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; 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.