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Joshua 7:22 KJV
Joshua · chapter 7 · verse 22
So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.Joshua 7:22 · King James Version
Joshua 7:22 in context
20And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done:
21When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.
22So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.
23And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them unto Joshua, and unto all the children of Israel, and laid them out before the LORD.
24And 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- messengersmălʼâka messengerH4397 →
- JoshuaYᵉhôwshûwaʻJehoshua , the Jewish leaderH3091 →
- sentshâlachto send away, for, or outH7971 →
- tentʼôhela tentH168 →
- ranrûwtsto runH7323 →
- hidṭâmanto hideH2934 →
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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