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Joshua 7:25
“Why have you brought this trouble upon us?” said Joshua. “Today the LORD will bring trouble upon you!” And all Israel stoned him to death. Then they stoned the others and burned their bodies.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Joshua addresses Achan at the Valley of Achor immediately after the Israelite camp gathers Achan, his household, and his seized possessions for judgment. The words — The Hebrew terms עֲכַרְתָּנוּ ('akhar'ta.nu) and יַעְכַּרְךָ (ya'kar.kha) both stem from the root for "trouble," directly naming the consequence Joshua declares. The thread — This pattern of covenant violation and divine retribution runs through Joshua 6:18, 1 Chronicles 2:7, and the stoning procedure detailed in Leviticus 24:14. Why it lands — The text records Israel stoning Achan and his family before burning their bodies, demanding the reader acknowledge the immediate, non-negotiable weight of divine judgment on hidden sin.
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The Hebrew words
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.
Cross-references
- Joshua 6:18 But keep away from the things devoted to destruction, lest you yourself be set apart for destruction. If you take any of these, you will set apart the camp of Israel for destruction and bring disaster upon it.
- 1 Chronicles 2:7 The son of Carmi: Achar, who brought trouble upon Israel by violating the ban on devoted things.
- Leviticus 24:14 “Take the blasphemer outside the camp, and have all who heard him lay their hands on his head; then have the whole assembly stone him.
- Deuteronomy 17:5 you must bring out to your gates the man or woman who has done this evil thing, and you must stone that person to death.
- Leviticus 20:2 “Tell the Israelites, ‘Any Israelite or foreigner living in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech must be put to death. The people of the land are to stone him.
- Joshua 7:11 Israel has sinned; they have transgressed My covenant that I commanded them, and they have taken some of what was devoted to destruction. Indeed, they have stolen and lied, and they have put these things with their own possessions.
- Genesis 34:30 Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble upon me by making me a stench to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people of this land. We are few in number; if they unite against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.”
- Genesis 38:24 About three months later, Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself, and now she is pregnant.” “Bring her out!” Judah replied. “Let her be burned to death!”
- Leviticus 20:14 If a man marries both a woman and her mother, it is depraved. Both he and they must be burned in the fire, so that there will be no depravity among you.
- Leviticus 21:9 If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by prostituting herself, she profanes her father; she must be burned in the fire.