Joshua 7:25

And Joshua said—Why hast thou troubled us? Yahweh, will trouble thee, this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them up with fire, and covered them with stones;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.

In Context

24And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan—son of Zerah, and the silver and the mantle and the wedge of gold, and his sons and his daughters, and his oxen and his asses and his sheep and his tent, and all that he had, and brought them up the valley of Achor.

26yea they raised over him a great heap of stones [which remaineth] until this day. And Yahweh turned from the fierceness of his anger,—for which cause, hath the name of that place been called—The Valley of Achor, until this day.

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Cross References

Genesis 38:24And it came to pass that about three months after, it was told Judah, saying—Tamar thy daughter-in-law hath been guilty of unchastity, moreover also lo! she hath conceived by unchastity. Then said Judah, Bring her forth and let her be burnt.

Leviticus 20:14And, any man, who taketh a woman and her mother, wickedness, it is,—in fire, shall both he and they be consumed, that wickedness be not in your midst.

Leviticus 24:14Bring forth him that reviled unto the outside of the camp, then shall all that heard [him] lean their hands upon his head,—and all the assembly shall stone him.

Deuteronomy 13:11And, all Israel, shall hear and fear,—and shall not again do according to this wickedness in thy midst.

Deuteronomy 21:21Then shall all the men of his city stone him with stones that he die, so shalt thou consume the wicked thing out of thy midst,—and, all Israel, shall hear and fear.

Joshua 6:18But, in any wise, do, ye, beware of what is devoted, lest ye should covet, and then take of what is devoted,—and so cause the camp of Israel to be devoted, and bring trouble upon it.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 7:17-26

Achan's Arraignment; Achan's Confession; The Execution of Achan. ( b. c. 1451.) 16 So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken: 17 And he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zarhites: and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was taken: 18 And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken. 19 And Joshua said unto… Read the whole commentary →

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