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Verse Joshua 7:13. _UP, SANCTIFY THE PEOPLE_] Joshua, all the time
that God spake, lay prostrate before the ark: he is now commanded to
get up, and sanctify the people, i.e., cause them to wash themse...
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7. ACHAN'S SIN AND ISRAEL'S DEFEAT
CHAPTER 7
_ 1. The defeat of Israel (Joshua 7:1)_
2. The source of the defeat revealed (Joshua 7:6)
3. The transgressor found out (Joshua 7:16)
4. The judgment...
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VII. ACHAN'S TRESPASS, ISRAEL'S DEFEAT, ACHAN'S PUNISHMENT.
Joshua 7:1. The name should probably be Achar. The narrative presents
no difficulties till the end of the chapter, where Achan's punishment...
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GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim_. App-4....
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The Defeat before Ai. Joshua's Prayer
6. _And Joshua rent his clothes_ in token of sorrow and distress
(comp. Leviticus 10:6; Leviticus 21:10). The clothes were torn in
front over the breast, yet for...
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_sanctify the people_ "Rise, halwe the puple," Wyclif. Compare the
instructions to Moses before the giving of the Law, Exodus 19:10....
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_Joshua's Complaint and the Lord's Answer Joshua 7:6-15_
6 And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face
before the ark of the Lord until the eventide, he and the elders of
Israel,...
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_ISRAEL HATH SINNED, AND THEY HAVE ALSO TRANSGRESSED MY COVENANT WHICH
I COMMANDED THEM: FOR THEY HAVE EVEN TAKEN OF THE ACCURSED THING, AND
HAVE ALSO STOLEN, AND DISSEMBLED ALSO, AND THEY HAVE PUT IT...
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REPULSE AT AI, DUE TO ACHAN'S SIN
The capture of Jericho is followed by an attempt upon Ai, a place of
strategic importance, as commanding a main entrance into the interior
of Canaan westward; the upp...
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COME IN, AND RECEIVE GOD’S PROMISES!
JOSHUA
_BRIAN ROWLANDS_
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CHAPTER 7
DEFEAT THEN *VICTORY AT AI – JOSHUA 7:1-8...
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קֻ֚ם קַדֵּ֣שׁ אֶת ־הָ עָ֔ם וְ
אָמַרְתָּ֖
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CHAPTER XIV.
ACHAN'S TRESPASS.
Joshua 7:1.
A VESSEL in full sail scuds merrily over the waves. Everything
betokens a successful and delightful voyage. The log has just been
taken, marking an extraor...
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THE FIRST DEFEAT AND ITS CAUSE
Joshua 7:1
Israel was taught that victory is possible only where there are exact
obedience and sincere consecration. We cannot cope with our foes,
unless we live in unc...
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This chapter opens with a significant and ominous "But." So far we
have had the record of remarkable progress but! We now see the
triumphant people defeated and flying and the reason is declared. It
w...
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A DEFEAT BECAUSE OF SIN
Joshua 7:1-26
The Lord had instructed Israel to make Jericho a devoted city, that
is, set apart for him. He especially instructed them to place the
silver, gold and vessels of...
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Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to
morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, [There is] an accursed
thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before...
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_Sanctified. Prepared by washing, &c., to appear before the
tabernacle, and see the event. Septuagint, "purify the people."
Chaldean, "call an assembly."_...
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Reader! doth not your heart tremble while this examination is making?
Do you not feel interested in the prospect of a similar enquiry, which
must one day take place in your own circumstances? May ther...
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The passing of the Jordan was a wondrous and significant event; but it
was not everything. It sank deep into the consciences of the
Canaanites on all sides; but there was more that was needed, and mor...
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13._Up, sanctify the people, _etc Although the word קדש has a more
extensive meaning, yet as the subject in question is the expiation of
the people, I have no doubt that it prescribes a formal rite of...
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Chapter 7 lays open the principles of God's government, or His ways in
the midst of His people who are in conflict. Victory leads to
negligence. The work is thought easy. After a manifestation of God'...
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UP, SANCTIFY THE PEOPLE,.... The word "up" not only signifies getting
up from the ground on which he lay, but to bestir himself, and to be
active in what he would now be enjoined and directed to do, a...
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Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to
morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, [There is] an accursed
thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before...
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_Sanctify yourselves_ Not only wash your clothes and give yourselves
up to religious exercises, meditation, and prayer, as you were
required to do formerly, when called to meet the Lord at Sinai, (see...
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1 The Israelites are smitten at Ai.
6 Ioshuas complaint.
10 God instructeth him what to doe.
16 Achan is taken by the Lot.
19 His confession.
22 Hee and all he had are destroyed in the valley of...
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Up, sanctify the people and say, Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow,
as in Joshua 3:5; FOR THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL, THERE IS AN
ACCURSED THING, something under Jehovah's ban, IN THE MIDST...
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ACHAN FOUND GUILTY AND PUNISHED...
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DEFEATED BY AI
(vs.1-9)
Though Joshua and Israel as such were unaware of it, there was sin in
the camp that affected all of Israel, for we are told that "the
children of Israel committed a trespass...
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10-15 God awakens Joshua to inquiry, by telling him that when this
accursed thing was put away, all would be well. Times of danger and
trouble should be times of reformation. We should look at home,...
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SANCTIFY YOURSELVES; purify yourselves from that defilement which you
have all in some sort contracted by this accursed fact, and prepare
yourselves to appear before the Lord, as it is most probable t...
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“ Get up, sanctify the people and say, ‘Sanctify yourselves
against tomorrow, for thus says YHWH, the God of Israel, there is a
devoted thing in your midst, Oh Israel. You cannot stand before your
ene...
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CONTENTS: Sin of Achan and the defeat at Ai.
CHARACTERS: God, Joshua, Achan.
CONCLUSION: Let all men know that it is nothing but sin that separates
them from God and if it be not sincerely repented...
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Joshua 7:1. _The children of Israel committed a trespass;_ that is,
Achan and his children, who concealed their father's sin, by hiding
the accursed plunder in their tent. The sin of one man is here
a...
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_Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?_
GET THEE UP
To trust God is manifestly our duty. We are commanded to put our trust
in Him. Trust in God is also a crowning means of safety and...
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JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 7:1__ Chapter Joshua 7:1 tells how Joshua
launches an unsuccessful attack on the city of Ai. There is no mention
either of a divine order to do so or of anyone inquiring of the L...
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JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 7:13 CONSECRATE YOURSELVES. See note on 3:5.
⇐...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Joshua 7:11. Have also stolen and dissembled, etc.] To steal devoted
things was solemnly sinful; every moment of hiding was a moment in
which the guilt of theft was perpetuated and re...
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EXPOSITION
JOSHUA'S PRAYER AND GOD'S ANSWER.—
JOSHUA 7:6
And Joshua rent his clothes. A token of grief usual among the Jews
(see Genesis 37:29, 84;...
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Now in chapter seven we read that,
The children of Israel committed a trespass against the Lord in the
[holy thing, or in the] accursed thing: [rather] for Achan took of the
accursed thing: [That is...
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1 Corinthians 5:11; 1 Corinthians 5:1; 2 Chronicles 28:10; Exodus
19:10;...
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SIN WILL FIND YOU OUT
Joshua 7:11
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
The question of sin is ever paramount in the Word of God. It was sin
that made necessary the death of Christ upon the Cross. In spite of
this, w...
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Sanctify yourselves — Purify yourselves from that defilement which
you have all in some sort contracted by this accursed fact, and
prepare yourselves to appear before the Lord, expecting the sentence...