Joshua 7:14
“In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the LORD taketh shall come according to the families thereof; and the family which the LORD shall take shall come by households; and the household which the LORD shall take shall come man by man.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes,.... One or more of every tribe, according to the…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
The Lord taketh - i. e. by lot. The Hebrew word for lot suggests that small stones, probably white and black ones, were…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Ye shall be brought according to your tribes - It has been a subject of serious inquiry in what manner and by what means…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Joshua 7:10-15
We have here God's answer to Joshua's address, which, we may suppose, came from the oracle over the ark, before which…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
according to your tribes Each tribe was divided into families; each family into houses; each house into persons.
the…
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