Joshua 7:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you.

The children

Habakkuk 1:13

They were

Joshua 6:18

Deuteronomy 7:26

Haggai 2:13

Neither

Jeremiah 6:8

Jeremiah 23:33

Hosea 9:12

General references

Bible References

The children

Now today you dare to turn back from following the Lord! You are rebelling today against the Lord; tomorrow he may break out in anger against the entire community of Israel.

So the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived in that hill country swooped down and attacked them as far as Hormah.

When the Lord's messenger finished speaking these words to all the Israelites, the people wept loudly.

Certainly you are not a God who approves of evil; evil people cannot dwell with you.

The wicked person flees when there is no one pursuing, but the righteous person is as confident as a lion.

But your sinful acts have alienated you from your God; your sins have caused him to reject you and not listen to your prayers.

You are too just to tolerate evil; you are unable to condone wrongdoing. So why do you put up with such treacherous people? Why do you say nothing when the wicked devour those more righteous than they are?

They were

But be careful when you are setting apart the riches for the Lord. If you take any of it, you will make the Israelite camp subject to annihilation and cause a disaster.

You must not bring any abhorrent thing into your house and thereby become an object of divine wrath along with it. You must absolutely detest and abhor it, for it is an object of divine wrath.

Then Haggai asked, "If a person who is ritually unclean because of touching a dead body comes in contact with one of these items, will it become unclean?" The priests answered, "It will be unclean."

Neither

So take warning, Jerusalem, or I will abandon you in disgust and make you desolate, a place where no one can live."

The Lord said to me, "Jeremiah, when one of these people, or a prophet, or a priest asks you, 'What burdensome message do you have from the Lord?' Tell them, 'You are the burden, and I will cast you away. I, the Lord, affirm it!

Even if they raise their children, I will take away every last one of them. Woe to them! For I will turn away from them.

General references

Do not go up, for the Lord is not among you, and you will be defeated before your enemies.

When you go out as an army against your enemies, guard yourselves against anything impure.

Phinehas took a stand and intervened, and the plague subsided.

You are bound for judgment because you are robbing me -- this whole nation is guilty.