Joshua 7:13

Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Up	קֻ֚ם kum	H6965	to rise (in various applications · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
sanctify	קַדֵּ֣שׁ ka.Desh	H6942	to be (causatively · verb, piel imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
people	הָעָ֔ם ha.'Am	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
say	וְאָמַרְתָּ֖ ve.'a.mar.Ta	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
Sanctify	הִתְקַדְּשׁ֣וּ hit.ka.de.Shu	H6942	to be (causatively · verb, hithpael imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
morrow	לְמָחָ֑ר le.ma.Char	H4279	properly · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
saith	אָמַ֨ר 'a.Mar	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
LORD	יְהוָ֜ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
God	אֱלֹהֵ֣י 'e.lo.Hei	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
thing	חֵ֤רֶם Che.rem	H2764	physical (as shutting in) a net (either literally or fi… · noun, common masculine singular absolute
midst	בְּקִרְבְּךָ֙ be.kir.be.Cha	H7130	properly · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
canst	תוּכַ֗ל tu.Khal	H3201	to be able · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular
stand	לָקוּם֙ la.Kum	H6965	to rise (in various applications · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
before	לִפְנֵ֣י lif.Nei	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
enemies	אֹיְבֶ֔יךָ 'o.ye.Vei.kha	H341	hating · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
away	הֲסִירְכֶ֥ם ha.sir.Khem	H5493	to turn off (literal or figurative) · verb, hiphil infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
thing	הַחֵ֖רֶם ha.Che.rem	H2764	physical (as shutting in) a net (either literally or fi… · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
among	מִֽקִּרְבְּכֶֽם Mi.kir.be.Khem	H7130	properly · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural

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Cross-references

Lamentations 3:40-41 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.
Joshua 3:5 And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the LORD will do wonders among you.
Matthew 7:5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.
1 Corinthians 5:11-13 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a…
Joshua 6:18 And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make…
Joshua 7:11 Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and…
Exodus 19:10-15 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,
2 Chronicles 28:10 And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: but are there not with you, even wi…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Joshua 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 Joshua had prostrated himself, v. 6. Those that desire to know the will of God must attend with their desires upon the lively oracles, and wait at wisdom's gates for wisdom's dictates, Pro 8:34. And let those that find themselves under the tokens of God's displeasure never complain of him, but complain to him, and they shall receive an answer of peace. The answer came immediately, while he was yet speaking (Isa 65:24), as that to Daniel, Dan 9:20, etc. I. God encourages Joshua against his present despondencies, and the black and melancholy apprehensions he had of the present…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 7:10

the Lord said unto Joshua, Get thee up--The answer of the divine oracle was to this effect: the crisis is owing not to unfaithfulness in Me, but sin in the people. The conditions of the covenant have been violated by the reservation of spoil from the doomed city; wickedness, emphatically called folly, has been committed in Israel (Psa 14:1), and dissimulation, with other aggravations of the crime, continues to be practised. The people are liable to destruction equally with the accursed nations of Canaan (Deu 7:26). Means must, without delay, be taken to discover and punish the perpetrator of this trespass that Israel may be released from the ban, and things be restored to their former state…

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Adam Clarke on Joshua 7:13

Up, sanctify the people - Joshua, all the time that God spake, lay prostrate before the ark: he is now commanded to get up, and sanctify the people, i.e., cause them to wash themselves, and get into a proper disposition to hear the judgment of the Lord relative to the late transactions.

John Gill on Joshua 7:13

Up, sanctify the people,.... The word "up" not only signifies getting up from the ground on which he lay, but to bestir himself, and to be active in what he would now be enjoined and directed to do, and in the first place to "sanctify the people", that is, by giving them orders to do it themselves: and say, sanctify yourselves against tomorrow; either by some ceremonial ablutions, or by the performance of moral duties, as prayer, repentance, and good works; or rather, they were to "prepare" themselves, as the Targum and Kimchi interpret it, to get ready against the morrow, and expect to be thoroughly searched, in order to find out the person who had taken the accursed thing: for thus saith…

Dictionary and topics

Divination — Of false prophets (Deut. 18:10, 14; Micah 3:6, 7, 11), of necromancers (1 Sam. 28:8), of the Philistine priests and diviners (1 Sam. 6:2), of Balaam (Josh. 13:22). Three kinds of divination are…
Ark · .An oracle of God — .An oracle of God
Communion · .Joshua — .Joshua
Discipline · Of armies, for di — Of armies, for di
Dishonesty · .Achan hi — .Achan hi
Emergency · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Holiness · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Intercession · EXEMPLIFIED — EXEMPLIFIED
Nation · Involved in the sins of other individuals, as Achan — Involved in the sins of other individuals, as Achan

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Joshua 7:13

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Joshua 7:10-15

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 7:10

Adam Clarke on Joshua 7:13

John Gill on Joshua 7:13

Dictionary and topics

Joshua 7:13

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Joshua 7:10-15

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 7:10

Adam Clarke on Joshua 7:13

John Gill on Joshua 7:13

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Joshua 7:10-18

Keil & Delitzsch on Joshua 7:10-15

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Joshua 7:13

Rashi on Joshua 7:10