Commentary on Joshua - Keil & Delitzsch - David Cox

Keil and Delitzsch <strong>Commentary</strong> on the Old Testament
rebel) is stronger than ma`al (OT:4604).
Joshua 22:17
Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed until this
day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the LORD,
To show the greatness of the sin through apostasy from the Lord, the speaker reminds
them of two previous acts of sin on the part of the nation, which had brought severe
judgments upon the congregation. "Is there too little for us in the iniquity of Peor
(i.e., with Peor, or through the worship of Peor, Num 25:3), from which we have not
cleansed ourselves till this day, and there came the plague upon the congregation of
Jehovah?" 'et-`awon is an accusative: see Ges. §117,2; Ewald , §277, d. That plague,
of which 24,000 Israelites died, was stayed
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