Joshua 6:18

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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 the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.

In any wise

1 John 5:21

Lest ye make

Joshua 7:1

Deuteronomy 7:26

Deuteronomy 13:17

Make the camp

Jonah 1:12

And trouble it

Joshua 7:25

2 Samuel 21:1

1 Kings 18:17

General references

Deuteronomy 20:16

Deuteronomy 23:9

Bible References

In any wise

Your love must be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good.

Therefore, "Get away from them and separate yourselves from them," declares the Lord, "and don't touch anything unclean. Then I will welcome you.

and have nothing to do with the unfruitful actions that darkness produces. Instead, expose them for what they are.

A religion that is pure and stainless according to God the Father is this: to take care of orphans and widows who are suffering, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

Little children, keep yourselves away from idols.

Lest ye make

Later, the Israelis broke their promise regarding the things that had been turned over to destruction. Carmi's son Achan, grandson of Zabdi and great-grandson of Zerah from the tribe of Judah, appropriated some of the things that had been turned over to destruction. As a result, the LORD became angry with the Israelis.

Don't bring any detestable thing to your house, because you yourself will be utterly destroyed along with these detestable things. You must absolutely abhor and detest all of it, because it has been devoted to destruction."

Moreover, you must never take any item from those condemned things, so the LORD may yet relent from his burning anger and extend compassion, have mercy, and cause you to increase in number as he promised by an oath to your ancestors

Make the camp

Israel has sinned. They broke my covenant that I commanded them by taking some of the things that had been turned over to destruction. They have stolen, have been deceitful, and have stored what they stole among their own belongings.

Now then, are you turning away from following the LORD today? If you rebel against the LORD today, by tomorrow he will be angry with the entire community of Israel.

Then one of the people responded: "Your father strictly ordered the army to take an oath. That's why he said, "Cursed is the person who eats food today,' and so the army is exhausted."

Wisdom is better than weapons of war, and a single sinner can destroy a lot of good.

Jonah told them, "Pick me up and toss me into the sea. Then the sea will calm down for you, because I know that it's my fault that this mighty storm has come upon you."

And trouble it

Joshua announced, "Why did you bring trouble to us? Today the LORD is bringing trouble to you!" So all Israel stoned him to death, incinerated them, and buried them with stones,

One time there was a famine during David's reign that went on for three straight years. David sought the LORD, who said, "Saul and his household are guilty because he executed the Gibeonites."

When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab asked him, "Is it really you, you destroyer of Israel?"

General references

"You are not to leave even one person alive in the cities of these nations that the LORD your God is about to give you as an inheritance.

"When you are encamped for battle against your enemies, be on guard against every form of impropriety.