Josué 7

Josué 7

Pink has a pithy note on Achan's lineage - It is to be carefully noted that the Holy Spirit has furnished us with the genealogy of the offender, and since there is nothing meaningless or unimportant in the Word of Truth, it behoves us to attend to this detail. Achan was the immediate descendant of "Zerah" and he was the son of Judah's whoredom (Ge 38:15-30). What a solemn example of the sins of the fathers being visited upon the children! Significant indeed is the name of this disturber of the nation's peace and prosperity, for Achan means "Trouble." Note - Zerah’s twin brother, Perez, was an ancestor of Jesus Christ (Matthew 1:3–17). Zerah reminds us that God doesn’t overlook anyone because of their parentage or the circumstances of their birth. Every person holds a unique place in God’s order and plan, and each individual is responsible to God for what he does with what he is given. (Gotquestions.org) Therefore - A tragic term of conclusion! The anger of the LORD burned against the sons of Israel - God's anger blazes like the fury of a fire, "for our God is a consuming fire." (Heb 12:29) Note again the emphasis on the ramifications of sin by one individual. NET says "The LORD was furious with the Israelites." The Lxx uses orge to translate aph in Joshua 7:1 and it describes a vigorous upsurge of one's nature against someone, a divine reaction against evil, bringing judgment and punishment (as described in Joshua 7:25+).