Joshua 7:22

22 Then Joshua sent messengers. They ran to the tent. There it was, hidden in his tent, with the silver on the bottom.

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 Achan answered Joshua, "It's true. I've sinned against the LORD, the God of Israel. This is what I have done:

21 Among the booty I saw a single beautiful robe in the Babylonian style, two hundred shekels of silver, and a single gold bar weighing fifty shekels. I desired them and took them. Now they are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver on the bottom."

22 Then Joshua sent messengers. They ran to the tent. There it was, hidden in his tent, with the silver on the bottom.

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

24 Then Joshua seized Achan, Zerah's son, along with the silver, the robe, the gold bar, his sons and daughters, his cattle, donkeys, flocks, tent, and everything that belonged to him. All Israel joined Joshua. They brought them up to Achor Valley.