Joshua 7 · Verse 15

Joshua 7:15

And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed the covenant of the Lord, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel.
Joshua 7:15, King James Version

Joshua 7:15 in other translations

BSBThe one who is caught with the things devoted to destruction must be burned, along with all that belongs to him, because he has transgressed the covenant of the LORD and committed an outrage in Israel.’”
WEBIt shall be, that he who is taken with the devoted thing shall be burned with fire, he and all that he has, because he has transgressed the LORD’s covenant, and because he has done a disgraceful thing in Israel.’”
ASVAnd it shall be, that he that is taken with the devoted thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath; because he hath transgressed the covenant of Jehovah, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel.
YLTand it hath been, he who is captured with the devoted thing is burnt with fire, he and all that he hath, because he hath transgressed the covenant of Jehovah, and because he hath done folly in Israel.'
DARBYAnd it shall be, that he who is taken with the accursed thing shall be burned with fire, he and all that he hath, because he hath transgressed the covenant of Jehovah, and because he hath wrought wickedness in Israel.
BBEThen the man who is taken with the cursed thing is to be burned, with everything which is his; because he has gone against the agreement of the Lord and has done an act of shame in Israel.
WebsterAnd it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel.

What does Joshua 7:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 7:10-15

10-15. 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…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 7:10-15

God awakens Joshua to inquiry, by telling him that when this accursed thing was put away, all would be well. Times of danger and trouble should be times of reformation. We should look at home, into our own hearts, into our own houses, and make diligent search to find out if there be not some accursed thing there, which God sees and abhors; some secret lust, some unlawful gain, some undue withholding from God or from…

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Joshua 7:15 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְהָיָה֙ve.ha.Yahand it will beH1961
הַנִּלְכָּ֣דha.nil.Kadthe [one who] is taken by lotH3920
בַּחֵ֔רֶםba.Che.remwith the devoted thing[s]H2764
יִשָּׂרֵ֣ףyi.sa.Refhe will be burnedH8313
בָּאֵ֔שׁba.'Eshwith <the> fireH784
אֹת֖וֹ'o.To<obj.> himH853
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-thatH834
ל֑וֹlo[belongs] to <the> him
כִּ֤יkiforH3588
עָבַר֙'a.Varhe has transgressedH5674
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
בְּרִ֣יתbe.Ritcovenant ofH1285
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068
וְכִֽי\־ve.khi-and forH3588
עָשָׂ֥ה'a.Sahhe has doneH6213
נְבָלָ֖הne.va.Lahdisgraceful follyH5039
בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל\׃be.Yis.ra.'Elin IsraelH3478

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Joshua 7:15

  • Genesis 34:7

    And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob’s daughter; which thing ought not to be done.

  • Judges 20:6

    And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel.

  • 1 Samuel 14:38-39

    And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people: and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day. For, as the Lord liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people that answered him.

  • Deuteronomy 13:15-16

    Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword. And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the Lord thy God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built again.

  • Joshua 7:25-26

    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. And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the Lord turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.

  • 1 Samuel 26:21

    Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.

  • 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 have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff.

  • 2 Samuel 13:13

    And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee.

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he that is.
25,26; De 13:15,16; 1Sa 14:38,39
he hath.
11
wrought.
Ge 34:7; Jud 20:6; 1Sa 26:21; 2Sa 13:13
folly. or, wickedness.

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Context

  • Joshua 7:14

    In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the Lord taketh shall come according to the families thereof; and the family which the Lord shall take shall come by households; and the household which the Lord shall take shall come man by man.

  • Joshua 7:15

    And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed the covenant of the Lord, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel.

  • Joshua 7:16

    So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken:

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Joshua 7:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y el que fuere cogido en el anatema, será quemado á fuego, él y todo lo que tiene, por cuanto ha quebrantado el pacto de Jehová, y ha cometido maldad en Israel.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et il arrivera que celui qui aura été pris avec de l’anathème sera brûlé au feu, lui et tout ce qui est à lui; car il a transgressé l’alliance de l’ Éternel, et il a commis une iniquité en Israël.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und es soll geschehen: wer mit dem Banne getroffen wird, der soll mit Feuer verbrannt werden, er und alles, was er hat; denn er hat den Bund Jehovas übertreten und eine Schandtat in Israel begangen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et quicumque ille in hoc facinore fuerit deprehensus, comburetur igni cum omni substantia sua: quoniam prævaricatus est pactum Domini, et fecit nefas in Israël.