Joshua 7:17

_AND HE BROUGHT THE FAMILY OF JUDAH; AND HE TOOK THE FAMILY OF THE ZARHITES: AND HE BROUGHT THE FAMILY OF THE ZARHITES MAN BY MAN; AND ZABDI WAS TAKEN:_ No JFB commentary on these verses....

16-26 See the folly of those that promise themselves secrecy in sin. The righteous God has many ways of bringing to light the hidden works of darkness. See also, how much it is our concern, when God is contending with us, to find out the cause that troubles us. We must pray with holy Job, Lord, show me wherefore thou contendest with me. Achan's sin began in the eye. He saw these fine things, as Eve saw the forbidden fruit. See what comes of suffering the heart to walk after the eyes, and what need we have to make this covenant with our eyes, that if they wander they shall be sure to weep for it. It proceeded out of the heart. They that would be kept from sinful actions, must mortify and check in themselves sinful desires, particularly the desire of worldly wealth. Had Achan looked upon these things with an eye of faith, he would have seen they were accursed things, and would have dreade...

Verse Joshua 7:17. _AND HE BROUGHT THE FAMILY OF JUDAH_] Dr. Kennicott observes, "All Israel came near by TRIBES, and one _tribe_ was fixed on; then that _tribe_ came by its FAMILIES, and one _family_ was fixed on; then came that _family_ by its HOUSEHOLDS, and one _household_ was fixed on, and then that _household_, coming MAN _by_ MAN, one _man_ was fixed on. Yet according to the present text, in the execution of this command, _all Israel_ came, and the _tribe of Judah was_ fixed on; secondly came _the families_ of Judah, and _the family of the_ _Zarhites_ was fixed on; thirdly came _the family of the Zarhites_ MAN _by_ MAN, and _Zabdi_ was fixed on; and fourthly came _the household of_ _Zabdi_ MAN _by_ MAN, and _Achan_ was fixed on. So that in the third article the word for by househol...

EXPOSITION THE DISCOVERY OF ACHAN'S SIN.— JOSHUA 7:16 THE FAMILY OF JUDAH. The expression מִשְׁפַתַת is remarkable. Many commentators would read מִשְׁפְחֹת, not without some MSS. authority. Keil objects that the Chaldee and Syriac have the singular. But the LXX. has κατὰ δήμους, and the Vulgate _juxta familias. _On the whole it seems more probable that as מִשְׁפַחַת occurs twice in this passage, it has been so pointed where the same letters occur for the third time, than that, with Peele, it means tribe (so also Gesenius and Winer); or that, as others suggest, it is used for _omnes _or _singulas genres. _See, however,...

AND HE BROUGHT THE FAMILY OF JUDAH,.... That is, the tribe of Judah, as Kimchi and Ben Melech interpret it, z; or rather, the several families in that tribe, even the heads of them: AND HE TOOK THE FAMILY OF THE ZARHITES: which descended from Zerah the son of Judah; that was taken by lot: AND HE BROUGHT THE FAMILY OF THE ZARHITES MAN BY MAN; and cast lots on them: AND ZABDI WAS TAKEN: that part of the family of the Zarhites which sprung from Zabdi, a son of Zerah. z So R. Sol. Ohel Moed, fol. 94. 2....

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 of Achan (Joshua 7:24) The insignificant place Ai brings defeat. Joshua sent men to view Ai. What authority was given to him to do so? There was no need to send spies once more, for the Lord had said, that the whole land was given to them. They report Ai a place without walls and recommend that only two or three thousand men be sent up. Defeat follows. Ai means “ruins.” It is mentioned for the first time in...

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 is recorded. Joshua 7:2. Ai: probably 2 miles SE. of Bethel (p. 31). Joshua 7:9. And what wilt thou do for (or on account of) THY GREAT NAME? The meaning is that if Israel is destroyed there will be none to worship Yahweh; an interesting example of the ancient belief in the close connexion between the deity and his worshippers. Joshua 7:19. GIVE. LORD: _ i.e_., tell the truth, _cf._...

FAMILY Some codices, with Septuagint and Vulgate, read plural "families". MAN BY MAN. Some codices, with two early printed editions, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "by their households"....

The Discovery and Punishment of Achan 16. _brought Israel by their tribes_ Joshua first caused the heads of the tribes to come before the Ark, and lots were cast for them, and the lot fell upon Judah; then the heads of the clans of Judah were brought, and the lot fell upon the Zarhites; then the heads of the houses of the Zarhites were brought before the Ark, and the lot fell upon Zabdi; then the men of his house were brought, and the lot fell upon Achan, the son of Carmi....

_Achan's Confession of Sin Joshua 7:16-21_ 16 So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken: 17 And he brought the famliy of Judah; and he took the family of the Zarhites: and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was taken: 18 And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken. 19 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. 20 And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the Lord God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done: 21 When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty