Joshua 7:11

"The LORD said to Joshua, “Get up! Why have you fallen on your face like that?"

Key Reflection

Joshua's fall represents a moment of vulnerability and fear in the face of defeat, symbolizing his humility before God. However, God's command to "get up" reminds Joshua and us that despite our failures or doubts, we must rise and trust in divine guidance and provision for the future.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Also stolen, and dissembled also -The anger of God and the heinousness of Israel’s sin are marked by the accumulation of clause upon clause. As a climax they had even appropriated to their own use the consecrated property purloined from God.

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