Joshua 7 · Verse 22

Joshua 7:22

So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.
Joshua 7:22, King James Version

Joshua 7:22 in other translations

BSBSo Joshua sent messengers who ran to the tent, and there it all was, hidden in his tent, with the silver underneath.
WEBSo Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent. Behold, it was hidden in his tent, with the silver under it.
ASVSo Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.
YLTAnd Joshua sendeth messengers, and they run unto the tent, and lo, it is hidden in his tent, and the silver under it;
DARBYAnd Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent, and behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.
BBESo Joshua sent men quickly, and looking in his tent, they saw where the robe had been put away secretly with the silver under it.
WebsterSo Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent, and behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.

What does Joshua 7:22 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 7:22-23
22-23. Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent--from impatient eagerness not only to test the truth of the story, but to clear Israel from the imputation of guilt. Having discovered the stolen articles, they laid them out before the Lord, "as a token of their belonging to Him" on account of the ban.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 7:16-26

See the folly of those that promise themselves secrecy in sin. The righteous God has many ways of bringing to light the hidden works of darkness. See also, how much it is our concern, when God is contending with us, to find out the cause that troubles us. We must pray with holy Job, Lord, show me wherefore thou contendest with me. Achan's sin began in the eye. He saw these fine things, as Eve saw the forbidden…

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Joshua 7:22 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.

וַיִּשְׁלַ֤חvai.yish.Lachand he sentH7971
יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙ye.ho.Shu.a'JoshuaH3091
מַלְאָכִ֔יםmal.'a.KhimmessengersH4397
וַיָּרֻ֖צוּvai.ya.Ru.tzuand they ranH7323
הָאֹ֑הֱלָהha.'O.he.lahthe tent towardsH168
וְהִנֵּ֧הve.hi.Nehand there!H2009
טְמוּנָ֛הte.mu.Nah[it was] hiddenH2934
בְּאָהֳל֖וֹbe.'o.ho.Loin tent hisH168
וְהַכֶּ֥סֶףve.ha.Ke.sefand the silverH3701
תַּחְתֶּֽיהָ\׃tach.Tei.ha[was] under itH8478

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

Context

  • Joshua 7:21

    When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.

  • Joshua 7:22

    So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.

  • Joshua 7:23

    And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them unto Joshua, and unto all the children of Israel, and laid them out before the Lord.

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Joshua 7:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Josué entonces envió mensajeros, los cuales fueron corriendo á la tienda; y he aquí estaba escondido en su tienda, y el dinero debajo de ello:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Josué envoya des messagers qui coururent à la tente, et voici, le manteau était caché dans la tente d’Acan, et l’argent dessous.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Josua sandte Boten hin, und sie liefen zum Zelte; und siehe, er war in seinem Zelte vergraben und das Silber darunter.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Misit ergo Josue ministros: qui currentes ad tabernaculum illius, repererunt cuncta abscondita in eodem loco, et argentum simul.