“In the morning you must present yourselves by tribes, and the Lord will point out the tribe to which the guilty man belongs. That tribe must come forward with its clans, and the Lord will point out the guilty clan. That clan will then come forward, and the Lord will point out the guilty family. Finally, each member of the guilty family must come forward one by one.
Commentaries
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The Lord taketh - that is, by lot. The Hebrew word for lot suggests that small stones, probably white and black ones, were used. These were …
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
The tribe which the Lord taketh. —There is nothing in the language of the passage, when closely considered, which would l…
John Gill
JohnGill
In the morning therefore you shall be brought according to
your tribes
One or more of every tribe, accord…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
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 …
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes