Joshua 7:23

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.

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.


FOOTNOTES:

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

Joshua 7:23 In-Context

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.
25 Joshua said, "You have brought disaster to us! May the LORD bring disaster to you today!" Then all Israel stoned him. They burned them with fire and stoned them with stones.
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