Commentary on Joshua - Keil & Delitzsch - David Cox

Keil and Delitzsch <strong>Commentary</strong> on the Old Testament
('settle,' as in Gen 34:10); but do not rebel against Jehovah nor against us, by
building an altar beside the (one) altar of Jehovah our God." maarad (OT:4775) is
construed first of all with bª , and then with the accusative; the only other place in
which the latter occurs is Job. Josh 24:13.
Joshua 22:20
Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath
fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man perished not alone in his
iniquity.
He finally reminded them of the sin of Achan, how that had brought the wrath of God
upon the whole congregation (ch. 7); and, moreover, Achan was not the only man
who had perished on account of the sin, but thirty-six men had fallen on account of it
at the first attack upon Ai (Josh 7:5). The allusion to this fact is to be understood as
an argument a minori ad majus , as Masius has shown. "If Achan did not perish alone
when he
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