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Commentary on Joshua - Keil & Delitzsch - David Cox

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<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 />

before us, the things themselves had been abstracted from the booty by Achan al<strong>on</strong>e;<br />

but he had hidden them in his tent, buried them in the earth, which could hardly have<br />

been d<strong>on</strong>e so secretly that his s<strong>on</strong>s and daughters knew nothing of it.<br />

By so doing he had made his family participators in his theft; they therefore fell under<br />

the ban al<strong>on</strong>g with him, together with their tent, their cattle, and the rest of their<br />

property, which were all involved in the c<strong>on</strong>sequences of his crime. The clause<br />

baa'abaaniym (OT:68) 'otaam (OT:853) wayicªqªluw (OT:5619) does not refer to the<br />

st<strong>on</strong>ing as a capital punishment, but to the casting of st<strong>on</strong>es up<strong>on</strong> the bodies after they<br />

were dead and had been burned, for the purpose of erecting a heap of st<strong>on</strong>es up<strong>on</strong><br />

them as a memorial of the disgrace (vid., Josh 8:29; 2 Sam 18:17). - In v. 26, the<br />

account of the whole affair closes with these two remarks:<br />

(1) That after the punishment of the malefactor the Lord turned from the fierceness of<br />

His anger; and (2) That the valley in which Achan suffered his punishment received<br />

the name of Achor (troubling) with special reference to the fact that <strong>Joshua</strong> had<br />

described his punishment as well as Achan's sin as `aakar (OT:5916) (troubling: see<br />

v.<br />

25), and that it retained this name down to the writer's own time. With regard to the<br />

situati<strong>on</strong> of this valley, it is evident from the word waya`aluw (OT:5927) in v. 24 that<br />

it was <strong>on</strong> higher ground than Gilgal and Jericho, probably in <strong>on</strong>e of the ranges of hills<br />

that intersect the plain of Jericho, and from Josh 15:7, where the northern border of<br />

the possessi<strong>on</strong>s of Judah is said to have passed through this valley, that it is to be<br />

looked for to the south of Jericho. The <strong>on</strong>ly other places in which there is any allusi<strong>on</strong><br />

to this event are Hos 2:17 and Isa 65:10.<br />

C<strong>on</strong>quest of Ai. Blessings and Curses up<strong>on</strong> Gerizim and Ebal. Ch. 8.<br />

<strong>Joshua</strong> 8:1-29<br />

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http://207.44.232.113/~bible/comment/ot/k&d/josh/jos40.html (2 of 2) [13/08/2004 01:17:28 p.m.]

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