Commentary on Joshua - Keil & Delitzsch - David Cox
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Keil and Delitzsch ong>Commentaryong> on the Old Testament people melted" (see Josh 2:15): this expression is strengthened still further by the additional clause, "and became as water." Joshua 7:6-7 And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads. Joshua and the elders of the people were also deeply affected, not so much at the loss of thirty-six men, as because Israel, which was invincible with the help of the Lord, had been beaten, and therefore the Lord must have withdrawn His help. In the deepest grief, with their clothes rent (see at Lev 10:6) and ashes upon their heads, they fell down before the ark of the Lord (vid., Num 20:6) until the evening, to pour out their grief before the Lord. Joshua's prayer contains a complaint (v. 7) and as question addressed to God (vv. 8, 9). The complaint, "Alas, O Lord Jehovah, wherefore hast Thou brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us?" almost amounts to murmuring, and sounds very much like the complaint which the murmuring people brought against Moses and Aaron in the desert (Num 14:2-3); but it is very different from the murmuring of the people on that occasion against the guidance of God; for it by no means arose from unbelief, but http://207.44.232.113/~bible/comment/ot/k&d/josh/jos35.html (2 of 2) [13/08/2004 01:17:23 p.m.]

Keil and Delitzsch ong>Commentaryong> on the Old Testament was simply the bold language of faith wrestling with God in prayer-faith which could not comprehend the ways of the Lord-and involved the most urgent appeal to the Lord to carry out His work in the same glorious manner in which it had been begun, with the firm conviction that God could neither relinquish nor alter His purposes of grace. The words which follow, "Would to God that we had been content (see at Deut 1:5) to remain on the other side of the Jordan," assume on the one hand, that previous to the crossing of the river Israel had cherished a longing for the possession of Canaan, and on the other hand, that this longing might possibly have been the cause of the calamity which had fallen upon the people now, and therefore express the wish that Israel had never cherished any such desire, or that the Lord had never gratified it. (On the unusual form hee`abarªtaa (OT:5674) for he`ebarªtaa (OT:5674), see Ges. §63, anm. 4, and Ewald , §41, b. ) The inf. abs. ha`abiyr (OT:5674) (with the unusual i in the final syllable) is placed for the sake of emphasis after the finite verb, as in Gen 46:4, etc. The Amorites are the inhabitants of the mountains, as in Gen 46:4, etc. Joshua 7:8-9 O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies! The question which Joshua addresses to God he introduces in this way: "Pray ( biy (OT:871a) contracted from bª`iy (OT:1164)), Lord, what shall I say?" to modify the boldness of the question which follows. It was not because he did not know what to say, for he proceeded at once to pour out the thoughts of his heart, but because he felt that the thought which he was about to utter might involve a reproach, as if, when God permitted that disaster, He had not thought of His own honour; and as he could not possibly think this, he introduced his words with a supplicatory inquiry. What he proceeds to say in vv. 8, 9, does not contain two co-ordinate clauses, but one simple thought: how would God uphold His great name before the world, when the report that Israel had turned their back before them should reach the Canaanites, and they http://207.44.232.113/~bible/comment/ot/k&d/josh/jos36.html (1 of 2) [13/08/2004 01:17:23 p.m.]

<strong>Keil</strong> and <strong>Delitzsch</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Commentary</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> the Old Testament<br />

people melted" (see Josh 2:15): this expressi<strong>on</strong> is strengthened still further by the additi<strong>on</strong>al clause, "and<br />

became as water."<br />

<strong>Joshua</strong> 7:6-7<br />

And <strong>Joshua</strong> rent his clothes, and fell to the earth up<strong>on</strong> his face before the ark of<br />

the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust up<strong>on</strong> their<br />

heads.<br />

<strong>Joshua</strong> and the elders of the people were also deeply affected, not so much at the loss<br />

of thirty-six men, as because Israel, which was invincible with the help of the Lord,<br />

had been beaten, and therefore the Lord must have withdrawn His help. In the deepest<br />

grief, with their clothes rent (see at Lev 10:6) and ashes up<strong>on</strong> their heads, they fell<br />

down before the ark of the Lord (vid., Num 20:6) until the evening, to pour out their<br />

grief before the Lord. <strong>Joshua</strong>'s prayer c<strong>on</strong>tains a complaint (v. 7) and as questi<strong>on</strong><br />

addressed to God (vv. 8, 9). The complaint, "Alas, O Lord Jehovah, wherefore hast<br />

Thou brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to<br />

destroy us?" almost amounts to murmuring, and sounds very much like the complaint<br />

which the murmuring people brought against Moses and Aar<strong>on</strong> in the desert (Num<br />

14:2-3); but it is very different from the murmuring of the people <strong>on</strong> that occasi<strong>on</strong><br />

against the guidance of God; for it by no means arose from unbelief, but<br />

<br />

http://207.44.232.113/~bible/comment/ot/k&d/josh/jos35.html (2 of 2) [13/08/2004 01:17:23 p.m.]

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