SEV Biblia, Chapter 7:11
Israel ha pecado, y aun han quebrantado mi pacto que yo les había mandado; pues aun han tomado del anatema, y hasta han hurtado, y también han mentido, y aun lo han guardado en sus vasos.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Joshua 7:11
Verse 11. Israel hath sinned] It is impossible that God should turn against his people, if they had not turned away from him. They have taken of the accursed thing, notwithstanding my severe prohibition. They have also stolen, supposing, if not seen by their brethren, I should either not see or not regard it. They have dissembled-pretended to have kept strictly the command I gave them; and have put it among their own stuff-considered it now as a part of their own property.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 11. Israel hath sinned , etc.] For though one only had committed the sin, others might have known of it, and connived at it; however, there was sin committed among them, and it must be discovered, the guilt charged, and punishment inflicted: and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them ; not the law given on Mount Sinai, called the covenant, though in general that was now broken, inasmuch as they then promised to hear and obey all that the Lord should say unto them, ( Exodus 24:7); but it particularly means the command given, ( Joshua 6:18); that they should take nothing of that which was devoted the Lord, and thereby make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it; and which shows that that was not a command given by Joshua of himself, but what he had from the Lord: for they have even taken of the accursed thing ; somewhat of that which was devoted to sacred uses: and have also stolen ; taken it away, not openly, but by stealth, as being conscious they ought not to have done what they did, and so sinned both against God and their own consciences: and dissembled also ; or “lied” f105 ; pretended they had not taken any of the accursed thing when they had; and it is probable that the people in general, each of the tribes, families, and houses, were examined by proper officers, whether they had taken any of the spoil, or not, to themselves, and they all denied they had, and he that had taken it among the rest; and perhaps was particularly asked the question, which he answered in the negative: and they have put [it] even amongst their own stuff ; their household stuff, mixed them with their own goods that they might not be known; or put them “in their own vessels” f106 , for their own use and service.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 10-15 - God awakens Joshua to inquiry, by telling him that when this accurse thing was put away, all would be well. Times of danger and troubl should be times of reformation. We should look at home, into our ow hearts, into our own houses, and make diligent search to find out i there be not some accursed thing there, which God sees and abhors; some secret lust, some unlawful gain, some undue withholding from God of from others. We cannot prosper, until the accursed thing be destroye out of our hearts, and put out of our habitations and our families, an forsaken in our lives. When the sin of sinners finds them out, God is to be acknowledged. With a certain and unerring judgment, the righteou God does and will distinguish between the innocent and the guilty; s that though the righteous are of the same tribe, and family, an household with the wicked, yet they never shall be treated as the wicked.
Original Hebrew
חטא 2398 ישׂראל 3478 וגם 1571 עברו 5674 את 853 בריתי 1285 אשׁר 834 צויתי 6680 אותם 853 וגם 1571 לקחו 3947 מן 4480 החרם 2764 וגם 1571 גנבו 1589 וגם 1571 כחשׁו 3584 וגם 1571 שׂמו 7760 בכליהם׃ 3627
