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Joshua 7:15

Joshua 7:15
And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel.

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire,.... He that is taken by lot,…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

burnt with fire - i. e. after he had been put to death by stoning Jos 7:25; Lev 20:14.

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

shall be burnt with fire Achan by his conduct had become cheremor devoted, and is so called in Jos 7:12, and everything…