Joshua 7:22
So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.
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Gill's Exposition
So Joshua sent messengers,.... Directly to Achan's tent, to see if it was as he had said, and to bring the things with them:
and they ran unto the tent; either for joy that the iniquity was…
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