Joshua 7:23

23 They took the things from inside the tent, brought them to Joshua and all the Israelites, and spread them out before the LORD.

Joshua 7:23 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 7:23

And they took them out of the midst of the tent
Out of the place, hole, or pit in which they were hid:

and brought them to Joshua and to the children of Israel;
to Joshua as the chief ruler, and to the elders and heads of the tribes assembled together:

and laid them out before the Lord;
or "poured them out" ^F15; the golden wedge, out of the garment in which it was wrapped, and the two hundred shekels of silver found under it: it seems as if these were poured or laid out separately upon the ground before the tabernacle, where the ark of the Lord was, they belonging to the spoils which were devoted to him; as well as hereby they were plainly seen by the Israelites, that these were the very things which Achan had confessed.

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 (Mquyw) "fundentes", Munster; "fuderunt", Piscator.

Joshua 7:23 In-Context

21 When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Shinar, two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”

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

23 They took the things from inside the tent, brought them to Joshua and all the Israelites, and spread them out before the LORD.

24 Then Joshua, together with all Israel, took Achan son of Zerah, the silver, the cloak, the bar of gold, his sons and daughters, his oxen and donkeys and sheep, his tent, and everything else he owned, and brought them to the Valley of Achor.

25 “Why have you brought this trouble upon us?” said Joshua. “Today the LORD will bring trouble upon you!” And all Israel stoned him to death. Then they stoned the others and burned their bodies.