Joshua 7:10

And the LORD said to Joshua, Arise; Why liest thou thus upon thy face?

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In The King James Version

And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?

In Context

9For the Canaanites, and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it , and will environ us, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do to thy great name?

11Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own goods.

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Cross References

Exodus 14:15And the LORD said to Moses, Why criest thou to me? Speak to the children of Israel, that they go forward:

1 Samuel 15:22And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.

1 Chronicles 22:16Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise therefore , and be doing, and the LORD be with thee.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 7:7-10

6 And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the Lord until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads. 7 And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord God , wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan! 8 O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies! 9 For the Canaanites and all the… Read the whole commentary →

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