And Joshua said, alas! O Lord God,.... What a miserable and distressed condition are we in! have pity and compassion on us; who could have thought it, that this would have been our case?
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Joshua 7:7
Joshua 7:7
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Joshua 7 — OverviewJoshua 7 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleMore than once we have found the affairs of Israel, even when they were
in the happiest posture and gave the most hopeful prospects, perplexed
and embarrassed by sin, and a stop thereby put to the most promising…Joshua 7 — OverviewJoshua 7 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeJoshua 7:1, The Israelites are smitten at Ai; Joshua 7:6, Joshua’s complaint; Joshua 7:10, God instructs him what to do; Joshua 7:16, Achan is taken by the lot; Joshua 7:19, His confession; Joshua 7:24, He and all he…Joshua 7 — OverviewJoshua 7 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleFor the trespass of Achan the children of Israel were smitten and put to flight by the men of Ai, Jos 7:1; which gave him and the elders of the people great concern, both for Israel and for the name of the Lord, which…Joshua 7:6-9Joshua 7:6-9 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWe have here an account of the deep concern Joshua was in upon this sad
occasion. He, as a public person, interested himself more than any
other in this public loss, and is therein an example to princes and…Joshua 7:7Joshua 7:7 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledgewherefore: Exodus 5:22-23; Numbers 14:3; 2 Kings 3:10; Psalms 116:11; Jeremiah 12:1-2; Hebrews 12:5
to deliver: Exodus 14:11-12, Exodus 17:3; Numbers 20:4-5; Matthew 17:17, Matthew 17:20; Mark 8:17-18
would to: Exodus…