Joshua 7:23

23 And they brought them out of the tent, and brought them to Joshua and the elders of Israel, and they laid them 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 I saw in the spoil an embroidered mantle, and two hundred didrachms of silver, and one golden wedge of fifty didrachms, and I desired them and took them; and, behold, they are hid in my tent, and the silver is hid under them.

22 And Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent into the camp; and these things were hidden in his tent, and the silver under them.

23 And they brought them out of the tent, and brought them to Joshua and the elders of Israel, and they laid them before the Lord.

24 And Joshua took Achar the son of Zara, and brought him to the valley of Achor, and his sons, and his daughters, and his calves, and his asses, and all his sheep, and his tent, and all his property, and all the people with him; and he brought them to Emec Achor.

25 And Joshua said to Achar, Why hast thou destroyed us? the Lord destroy thee as at this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones.