Joshua 7:25 BSB — MannaFest

Joshua 7:25

“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.

BSB

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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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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Why 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:

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

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.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙	ye.ho.Shu.a'	Joshua	H3091 →
מֶ֣ה	meh	why?	H4100 →
עֲכַרְתָּ֔נוּ	'a.khar.Ta.nu	have you brought trouble to us	H5916 →
יַעְכֳּרְךָ֥	ya'.kor.Kha	he will bring trouble to you	H5916 →
יְהוָ֖ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
בַּיּ֣וֹם	bai.Yom	on the day	H3117 →
הַזֶּ֑ה	ha.Zeh	<the> this	H2088 →
וַיִּרְגְּמ֨וּ	vai.yir.ge.Mu	and they stoned	H7275 →
אֹת֤וֹ	'o.To	<obj.> him	H853 →
כָל־	khol-	all	H3605 →
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
אֶ֔בֶן	'E.ven	stone[s]	H68 →
וַיִּשְׂרְפ֤וּ	vai.yis.re.Fu	and they burned	H8313 →
אֹתָם֙	'o.Tam	<obj.> them	H853 →
בָּאֵ֔שׁ	ba.'Esh	with <the> fire	H784 →
וַיִּסְקְל֥וּ	vai.yis.ke.Lu	and they stoned	H5619 →
אֹתָ֖ם	'o.Tam	<obj.> them	H853 →
בָּאֲבָנִֽים׃	ba.'a.va.Nim	with <the> stones	H68 →

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
Deuteronomy 17:5
you must bring out to your gates the man or woman who has done this evil thing, and you must stone that person to death.
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 independent paths from here.
Through
Joshua 6:18
But 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…
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…
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.
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 independent 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 independent 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.