18And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.
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But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out.
But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, …
And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken.
Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.
As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets,
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 16-26)We have in these verses, I. The discovery of Achan by the lot, which proved a perfect lot, though it proceeded gradually. Though we may suppose that Joshua slept the better, and with more ease and satisfaction, when he knew the worst of the disease of that body of which, under God, he was the head, and was put into a certain method of cure, yet he rose up early in the morning (Josh. 7:16), so much…
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