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Yosua 7:1

Tetapi orang Israel berubah setia dengan mengambil barang-barang yang dikhususkan itu, karena Akhan bin Karmi bin Zabdi bin Zerah, dari suku Yehuda, mengambil sesuatu dari barang-barang yang dikhususkan itu. Lalu bangkitlah murka TUHAN terhadap orang Israel.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Accursed;   Anger;   Carmi;   Nation;   Zabdi;   Thompson Chain Reference - Achan;   Anger;   Devoted Things;   Disobedience;   God;   God's;   Obedience-Disobedience;   Wrath-Anger;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Achan;   Anathema;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Curse;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Devote, Devoted;   Jews, Judaism;   Punishment;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Achan;   Carmi;   Zabdi;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Carmi;   Zabdi;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Achan;   Ai;   Carmi;   Court Systems;   Faith;   Joshua, the Book of;   Tribes of Israel, the;   Wrath, Wrath of God;   Zabdi;   Zerah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Achan;   Carmi;   Jericho;   Joshua;   Reuben;   Sin;   Zabdi;   Zerah;   Zimri;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Achan, Achar;   Carmi ;   Zabdi ;   Zara, Zarah, Zerah ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Achan;   Anathema;   Journeyings of israel from egypt to canaan;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Car'mi;   Punishments;   Zab'di;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Achan;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Conquest of Canaan;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Carmi;   Joshua, Book of;   Zabdi;   Zerah;   Zimri (1);   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Carmi;   Repentance;   Zimri;  

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Tetapi orang Israel berubah setia dengan mengambil barang-barang yang dikhususkan itu, karena Akhan bin Karmi bin Zabdi bin Zerah, dari suku Yehuda, mengambil sesuatu dari barang-barang yang dikhususkan itu. Lalu bangkitlah murka TUHAN terhadap orang Israel.
Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Maka bani Israel itu telah melangkah perintah dengan sengajanya akan barang tumpas itu, karena Akhan bin Kharmi bin Zabdi bin Zerah dari pada suku Yehuda itu telah mengambil dari pada barang tumpas itu, maka sebab itu bernyala-nyala murka Tuhan kepada segala bani Israel.

Contextual Overview

1 But yet the chyldren of Israel trespassed in ye forbydden thyng: for Achan ye sonne of Charmi, the sonne of Zabdi, ye sonne of Zareth, of the tribe of Iuda, toke of the forbydden thyng: And the wrath of the Lorde waxed hot against the chyldren of Israel. 2 And Iosuah sent men from Iericho to Ai, which is besyde Bethauen, on the east syde of Bethel, and spake vnto them, saying: Get you vp, and viewe the countrey. And the men went vp, & viewed Ai, 3 And returned to Iosuah, and sayde vnto him, Let not all the people go vp: but let as it were two or three thousande men go vp, and smyte Ai: and make not all the people to labour thyther, for they are but fewe. 4 And so there went vp thyther of the people about a three thousande men, and they fled before the men of Ai. 5 And the men of Ai smote of them vpon a thirtie and sixe men: for they chased them from before the gate euen vnto Sebarim, and smote them in the goyng downe: Wherfore the heartes of the people for feare melted away lyke water.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

committed: Joshua 7:20, Joshua 7:21, Joshua 22:16, 2 Chronicles 24:18, Ezra 9:6, Daniel 9:7

for Achan: Joshua 22:20, 1 Chronicles 2:6, 1 Chronicles 2:7, Achar, Zimri

took: Joshua 6:17, Joshua 6:18

the anger: Joshua 22:18, 2 Samuel 24:1, 1 Chronicles 21:7, Ecclesiastes 9:18, Jonah 1:7, 1 Corinthians 5:1-6, Hebrews 12:15, Hebrews 12:16

Reciprocal: Genesis 34:27 - they Genesis 44:16 - God hath Leviticus 10:6 - lest wrath Leviticus 27:28 - no devoted Numbers 16:22 - one man sin Deuteronomy 7:25 - thou shalt Deuteronomy 7:26 - shalt Deuteronomy 13:17 - cleave Deuteronomy 29:21 - separate Joshua 7:11 - Israel Joshua 7:24 - took Achan 2 Samuel 21:1 - It is 2 Kings 5:24 - and bestowed Job 35:8 - may hurt Proverbs 10:22 - he Micah 6:10 - the treasures Acts 23:12 - under a curse

Cross-References

Genesis 6:9
These are the generations of Noah: Noah [was] a iust man, and perfect in his generations: And Noah walked with God.
Genesis 7:1
And the Lord said vnto Noah: come thou and al thy house into ye arke: for thee haue I seen ryghteous before me in this generation.
Genesis 7:4
For after seuen dayes, I wyl rayne vpon the earth fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes: & all substaunce that I haue made, wyll I destroy from the vpper face of the earth.
Genesis 7:5
Noah therfore did according vnto all that God commaunded him.
Genesis 7:6
And Noah was sixe hundreth yere olde, when the fluddes of water came vpon the earth.
Genesis 7:7
And Noah came, and his sonnes, and his wyfe, and his sonnes wyues with him to the arke, because of the waters of the fludde.
Genesis 7:8
Of cleane beastes, and of vncleane beastes, and of foules, and of euery such as creepeth vpon the earth,
Genesis 7:9
There came two & two vnto Noah vnto the arke, the male and the female, as God had commaunded Noah.
Genesis 7:10
And so it came to passe after seuen dayes, that the waters of the flud were vpon the earth.
Genesis 7:11
In the sixe hundreth yere of Noahs lyfe, in the seconde moneth, the seuenteene day of ye moneth, in the same day were all the fountaynes of the great deepe broken vp, and the wyndowes of heauen were opened.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing,.... Or concerning it, with respect to it, by taking part of what was devoted to another use, and forbidden theirs: this was done, not by the whole body of the people, only by one of them; but it not being discovered who it was, it was imputed to the whole, on whom it lay to find out the guilty person and punish him, or else the whole must suffer for it: this chapter begins with a "but", and draws a vail over the fame and glory of Joshua, observed in Joshua 6:27;

for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing; of what was devoted to the Lord and to sacred uses; this he had taken to himself out of the spoil of the city of Jericho, for his own use, contrary to the command of God: his descent is particularly described, that it might be known of what family and tribe he was; and it is traced up to Zerah, who was a son of Judah, Genesis 38:30;

and the anger of the Lord was kindled against the children of Israel; because of the sin of Achan.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Committed a trespass - (compare Leviticus 5:15 note), “acted treacherously and committed a breach of faith.” This suitably describes the sin of Achan, who had purloined and hidden away that which had been dedicated to God by the ban Joshua 6:19.

The “trespass” was the act of one man, yet is imputed to all Israel, who also share in the penalty of it Joshua 7:5. This is not to be explained as though all the people participated in the covetousness which led to Achan’s sin Joshua 7:21. The nation as a nation was in covenant with God, and is treated by Him not merely as a number of individuals living together for their own purposes under common institutions, but as a divinely-constituted organic whole. Hence, the sin of Achan defiled the other members of the community as well as himself. and robbed the people collectively of holiness before God and acceptableness with Him. Israel had in the person of Achan broken the covenant Joshua 7:11; God therefore would no more drive out the Canaanites before them.

The accursed thing - Rather “in that which had been devoted or dedicated.” Achan in diverting any of these devoted things to his own purposes, committed the sin of sacrilege, that of Ananias and Sapphira. Acts 5:2-3.

Achan or Achar - (the marginal reference) the “n” and “r” being interchanged, perhaps for the sake of accommodating the name to עכר âkar, “trouble” Joshua 7:25. Zabdi is generally identified with the Zimri of 1 Chronicles 2:6. Zerah was twin brother of Pharez and son of Judah Genesis 38:30. In this genealogy, as in others, several generations are omitted, most likely those which intervened between Zerah and Zabdi, and which covered the space between the migration of Jacob’s household to Egypt and the Exodus. (Numbers 26:5, see the note).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER VII

The trespass of the Israelites, 1.

Joshua sends men to view the state of Ai, 2.

They return with a favourable report, 3.

Three thousand men are sent against it, who are defeated, and

thirty-six killed, 4, 5.

Joshua is greatly distressed, prostrates himself, and inquires

of the Lord the reason why he has abandoned Israel to their

enemies, 6-9.

The Lord raises him, and informs him that, contrary to the

command, some of the people had secreted some of the spoils of

Jericho, 10-12.

He is directed how to discover the delinquent, 13-15.

Joshua inquires in what TRIBE the guilt is found, and finds it

to be in the tribe of Judah; in what FAMILY, and finds it to

be among the Zarhites; in what HOUSEHOLD, and finds it to be

in that of Zabdi; in what INDIVIDUAL, and finds it to be Achan

son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, 16-18.

Joshua exhorts him to confess his sin, 19.

He does so, and gives a circumstantial account, 20, 21.

Joshua sends for the stolen articles, 22, 23.

And Achan and all that belonged to him are brought to the valley

of Achor, stoned and burnt, 22-26.

NOTES ON CHAP. VII

Verse Joshua 7:1. The children of Israel committed a trespass — It is certain that one only was guilty; and yet the trespass is imputed here to the whole congregation; and the whole congregation soon suffered shame and disgrace on the account, as their armies were defeated, thirty-six persons slain, and general terror spread through the whole camp. Being one body, God attributes the crime of the individual to the whole till the trespass was discovered, and by a public act of justice inflicted on the culprit the congregation had purged itself of the iniquity. This was done to render every man extremely cautious, and to make the people watchful over each other, that sin might be no where tolerated or connived at, as one transgression might bring down the wrath of God upon the whole camp. See on Joshua 7:12.

The accursed thing — A portion of the spoils of the city of Jericho, the whole of which God had commanded to be destroyed.

For Achan, the son of Carmi, c. — Judah had two sons by Tamar: Pharez and Zarah. Zarah was father of Zabdi, and Zabdi of Carmi, the father of Achan. These five persons extend through a period of 265 years and hence Calmet concludes that they could not have had children before they were fifty or fifty-five years of age. This Achan, son of Zabdi, is called, in 1 Chronicles 2:6, Achar, son of Zimrie; but this reading is corrected into Achan by some MSS. in the place above cited.


 
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