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Joshua 7:25 Cross-References
Explore 19 cross-references for Joshua 7:25 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Joshua chapter 7 verse 25 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.”
Joshua 7:25 (KJV)
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Commentary on Joshua 7:25
Joshua's pronouncement: 'Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall trouble thee this day.' The Hebrew עָכַר (akar—to trouble, stir up, bring disaster) plays on the valley's name (Achor). Achan's sin 'troubled' Israel by breaking covenant and causing defeat; now God troubles Achan through judgment. The wordplay emphasizes measure-for-measure justice. The execution method combines stoning by the community ('all Israel stoned him with stones') and burning ('burned them with fire'). Stoning represented community participation in judgment—each person symbolically rejecting the sin. Fire represented...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Joshua 7:25
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“only keep yourselves from the devoted thing”
“the troubler of Israel”
“who has done this evil thing”
“and let all the congregation stone him.”
“they have even transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: yes”
“I would they were even cut off which trouble you.”
“You have troubled me, to make me odious to the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites. I am few in number. They will gather themselves together against me and strike me, and I will be destroyed, I and my house.”