Joshua 6:18
And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
And you in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing,.... From laying hold on, secreting, and enjoying as their own, what was devoted to another use:
lest ye make yourselves accursed; or a…
The people had religiously observed the orders given them concerning the besieging of Jericho, and now at length Joshua had told them (Jos 6:16), "The Lord hath given you the city, enter and take…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
in any wise keep yourselves A warning, which Achan neglected to the destruction of himself and his family. See chap. 7.
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