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 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.

The Amalekites came down, accompanied by some Canaanites who lived in the mountains. They attacked and defeated them even while the Israelis were retreating to Hormah.

Because the angel of the LORD said these things to all of the Israelis, the people wept out loud,

Indeed, you aren't a God who delights in wickedness; evil will never dwell with you.

The wicked flee, though no one pursues, but the righteous are bold like a lion.

Instead, your iniquities have been barriers between you and your God, and your sins have concealed his face from you so that he won't listen.

Your eyes are too pure to gaze upon evil; and you cannot tolerate wickedness. So why do you tolerate the treacherous? And why do you stay silent while the wicked devour those who are more righteous than they are?

They were

Now as for you, everything has been turned over for destruction. Don't covet or take any of these things. Otherwise, you'll make the camp of Israel itself an object worthy of destruction, and bring trouble on it.

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."

So Haggai responded, "If someone who is unclean because of contact with a dead body were to touch any of these things, would they become unclean?" The priests responded, "They would be unclean."

Neither

Be warned, Jerusalem, or I'll be alienated from you. I'll make you desolate, a land not inhabited."

"Jeremiah, when these people, the prophet, or a priest ask you, "What is the oracle of the LORD?' say to them, "You are the burden, and I'll cast you out,'" declares the LORD.

Even if they rear their children, I will, in turn, make them childless in fact, woe to them when I turn away from them!

General references

Don't go up, since you know that the LORD is no longer with you. You'll be attacked right in front of your own enemies.

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

But Phinehas intervened and prayed so that the plague was restrained.

You are cursed under the curse the entire nation because you are robbing me!