Joshua 7:22

22 So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent; and there it was, hidden in his tent with the silver underneath.

Joshua 7:22 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 7:22

So Joshua sent messengers
Directly to Achan's tent, to see if it was as he had said, and to bring the things with them:

and they ran unto the tent;
either for joy that the iniquity was discovered, as Kimchi; or that none of the tribe of Judah or of Achan's family or relations should get there before them, and take them from thence and make void the lot; so Jarchi, Ben Gersom, and Abarbinel; but, no doubt, it is remarked, to show the readiness and diligence of the messengers to obey the order of Joshua:

and, behold, [it was] hid in his tent, and the silver under it;
as Achan had said.

Joshua 7:22 In-Context

20 And Achan answered Joshua, "It is true; I am the one who sinned against the Lord God of Israel. This is what I did:

21 when I saw among the spoil a beautiful mantle from Shinar, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, then I coveted them and took them. They now lie hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath."

22 So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent; and there it was, hidden in his tent with the silver underneath.

23 They took them out of the tent and brought them to Joshua and all the Israelites; and they spread them out before the Lord.

24 Then Joshua and all Israel with him took Achan son of Zerah, with the silver, the mantle, and the bar of gold, with his sons and daughters, with his oxen, donkeys, and sheep, and his tent and all that he had; and they brought them up to the Valley of Achor.