SEV Biblia, Chapter 7:19
Entonces Josué dijo a Acán: Hijo mío, da ahora gloria al SEÑOR el Dios de Israel, y dale alabanza, y declárame ahora lo que has hecho; no me lo encubras.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Joshua 7:19
Verse 19. My son, give-glory to the Lord God] The person being now detected, Joshua wishes him to acknowledge the omniscience of God, and confess his crime. And doubtless this was designed, not only for the edification of the people, and a vindication of the righteous judgment of God, but in reference to his own salvation; for as his life was now become forfeited to the law, there was the utmost necessity of humiliation before God that his soul might be saved. Give glory to God signifies the same as, Make a thorough confession as in the presence of God, and disguise no part of the truth. In this way and in these very words the Jews adjured the man who had been born blind that he would truly tell who had healed him; for they pretended to believe that Christ was such a sinner that God would not work a miracle by him. John ix. 24.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 19. And Joshua said unto Achan, my son , etc.] Treating him in a very humane, affectionate, and respectable manner, though so great a criminal, being a subject of his, and of the same religion and nation: give, I pray thee, glory to the Lord God of Israel , by acknowledging his omniscience, justice, power, truth, and faithfulness; as in his promises so in his threatenings: and make confession unto him ; of the sin he had been guilty of; this Joshua might urge, partly for his own good, who might more reasonably expect the forgiveness of his sin: so it is said in the Misnah f110 , whoever confesses has a part in the world to come, for so we find concerning Achan, ( Joshua 7:19); and partly for the glory of God, this being the instance in which he is directed to give it to him; and partly on account of others, particularly the tribe, family, and household to whom he belonged, who after all might not be satisfied thoroughly that he was guilty, unless he had confessed it: according to Maimonides f111 , this was but a temporary law on which Achan was put to death; for, he says, our law condemns no man to death on his own confession, nor on the prophecy of a prophet, who says that he committed such a theft; and it was not on his confession, but by the order of God, determining the affair by lot, that he was put to death: the confession Joshua directs to was not what was made to man, but to God, that is, of the evil of it, and as committed against God, though the fact itself was to be owned before man, as follows: and tell me now what thou hast done, hide [it] not from me ; what were the particular things he had taken; the lot showed he had taken something, but what that was, as yet was unknown, and where it was; and this Joshua desires him he would inform him of and satisfy him about, and without any reserve openly declare the truth.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 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 contendin 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 bega in the eye. He saw these fine things, as Eve saw the forbidden fruit See what comes of suffering the heart to walk after the eyes, and what need we have to make this covenant with our eyes, that if they wande they shall be sure to weep for it. It proceeded out of the heart. The that would be kept from sinful actions, must mortify and check i themselves sinful desires, particularly the desire of worldly wealth Had Achan looked upon these things with an eye of faith, he would have seen they were accursed things, and would have dreaded them; but looking on them with an eye of sense only, he saw them as goodl things, and coveted them. When he had committed the sin, he tried to hide it. As soon as he had got this plunder, it became his burden, an he dared not to use his ill-gotten treasure. So differently do object of temptation appear at a distance, to what they do when they have bee gotten. See the deceitfulness of sin; that which is pleasing in the commission, is bitter in the reflection. See how they will be deceive that rob God. Sin is a very troublesome thing, not only to a sinne himself, but to all about him. The righteous God will certainl recompense tribulation to them that trouble his people. Achan perishe not alone in his sin. They lose their own, who grasp at more than their own. His sons and daughters were put to death with him. It is probabl that they helped to hide the things; they must have known of them. What fatal consequences follow, even in this world, to the sinner himself and to all belonging him! One sinner destroys much good. What, then will be the wrath to come? Let us flee from it to Christ Jesus as the sinner's Friend. There are circumstances in the confession of Achan marking the progress of sin, from its first entrance into the heart to its being done, which may serve as the history of almost every offenc against the law of God, and the sacrifice of Jesus Christ __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
ויאמר 559 יהושׁע 3091 אל 413 עכן 5912 בני 1121 שׂים 7760 נא 4994 כבוד 3519 ליהוה 3068 אלהי 430 ישׂראל 3478 ותן 5414 לו תודה 8426 והגד 5046 נא 4994 לי מה 4100 עשׂית 6213 אל 408 תכחד 3582 ממני׃ 4480
