Joshua 7:10-15
Summary for Josh 7:10-11: 7:10-11 a Get up! God’s command was abrupt, stern, and outwardly unsympathetic. For Israel to regain God’s favor, Joshua needed to act swiftly and decisively.7:12 b Israel itself has been set apart for destruction: With his individual sin, Achan made all Israel liable to destruction.
7:13 c Command the people to purify themselves: See study note on 3:5.
7:14 d Israel’s twelve tribes were descendants of Jacob’s sons. A clan represented a smaller unit within the tribes; later, as Israel’s allotments in the land were distributed, a clan usually received possession of a town and its surrounding fields, forest, and pastureland. A man’s family included his sons and their dependents.
7:15 e God had commanded that all the stolen goods were to be destroyed by fire. Now they would be, because Achan and everything he had would be burned with fire. Breaking the covenant of the Lord was treason, a capital offense (e.g., Exod 22:20 f; Deut 4:25-27 g).
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