Josué 10:27

27 Y cuando el sol se iba a poner, mandó Josué que los quitaran de los maderos, y los echaran en la cueva donde se habían escondido; y pusieron grandes piedras a la boca de la cueva, hasta hoy

Josué 10:27 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 10:27

And it came to pass, at the time of the going down of the
sun
Which was the time fixed by the law of God for taking down bodies that were hanged, ( Deuteronomy 21:23 ) ;

[that] Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees;
not from, any respect to them, but that they might not defile the land, as dead bodies in a ceremonial sense did, ( Deuteronomy 21:23 ) ; and this Joshua was the more careful of, as they were just entered into it, and were taking possession of it:

and they cast them into the cave wherein they had been hid;
so that what had been their hiding place now became their grave; and according to the Samaritan Chronicle ^F17, the trees also on which they were hanged were cast in with them;

and laid great stones in the cave's mouth:
not as a monumental pile, as in the instances of Achan and the king of Ai, ( Joshua 7:26 ) ( 8:29 ) ; but to prevent their carcasses being dragged out, and eaten by wild beasts, as some think; or that they might not be taken out, and buried in a more honourable manner:

[which remain] until this very day;
when Joshua was grown old, the writer of this book.

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 Apud Hottinger. Smegma. p. 511.

Josué 10:27 In-Context

25 Y Josué les dijo: No temáis, ni os atemoricéis; sed fuertes y valientes, porque así hará el SEÑOR a todos vuestros enemigos contra los cuales peleáis

26 Y después de esto Josué los hirió y los mató, y los hizo colgar en cinco maderos; y quedaron colgados en los maderos hasta la tarde

27 Y cuando el sol se iba a poner, mandó Josué que los quitaran de los maderos, y los echaran en la cueva donde se habían escondido; y pusieron grandes piedras a la boca de la cueva, hasta hoy

28 En aquel mismo día tomó Josué a Maceda, y la puso a espada, y mató a su rey; a ellos y a todo lo que en ella tenía vida, sin quedar nada; mas al rey de Maceda hizo como había hecho al rey de Jericó

29 Y de Maceda pasó Josué, y todo Israel con él, a Libna; y peleó contra Libna