Joshua 7:16 KJV

Joshua · chapter 7 · verse 16

So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken:Joshua 7:16 · King James Version

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14In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the LORD taketh shall come according to the families thereof; and the family which the LORD shall take shall come by households; and the household which the LORD shall take shall come man by man.

15And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel.

16So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken:

17And 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:

18And 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.

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Commentary

We have in these verses, I. The discovery of Achan by the lot, which proved a perfect lot, though it proceeded gradually. Though we may suppose that Joshua slept the better, and with more ease and satisfaction, when he knew the worst of the disease of that body of which, under God, he was the head, and was put into a…

— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 16-26

Key words (Strong's)

morningbôqerproperly, dawnH1242 →
broughtqârabto approach for whatever purposeH7126 →
JoshuaYᵉhôwshûwaʻJehoshua , the Jewish leaderH3091 →
IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
tribesshêbeṭa scionH7626 →
earlyshâkamliterally, to load upH7925 →

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Joshua 7:16 KJV

Joshua 7:16 in context

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