Joshua 7 (JND) - Bible Truth Library

Calmet says, they are generally allowed to have been of various colours, though some suppose they were woven thus; others, that they were embroidered with the needle; and others, that they were painted.

Silius Italicus seems to think they were woven.

Martial supposes them to have been embroidered with the needle; and Pliny and Apuleius speak of them as painted.

Gen. 10:10• ¹⁰And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. (Gen. 10:10)

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Gen. 10• (Gen. 10)

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wedge.

Heb. tongue.

I coveted.

Ex. 20:17• ¹⁷Thou shalt not desire thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not desire thy neighbour's wife, nor his bondman, nor his handmaid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbour's. (Ex. 20:17)

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Deut. 7:25• ²⁵The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire; thou shalt not covet the silver and gold that is on them and take it unto thee, lest thou be ensnared therein; for it is an abomination to Jehovah thy God. (Deut. 7:25)

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1 Kings 21:1‑2• ¹And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jizreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jizreel, by the side of the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
²And Ahab spoke to Naboth saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, for it is near, by the side of my house; and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; if it seem good to thee, I will give thee its value in money. (1 Kings 21:1‑2)

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2 Kings 5:20‑27• ²⁰And Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master has spared Naaman, this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought; but as Jehovah liveth, I will run after him and take somewhat of him.
²¹And Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he sprang down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well?
²²And he said, All is well. My master has sent me saying, Behold, even now there are come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets; give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of raiment.
²³And Naaman said, Consent to take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of raiment, and laid them upon two of his young men; and they bore them before him.
²⁴And when he came to the hill, he took them from their hand, and stowed them in the house; and he let the men go, and they departed.
²⁵And he entered in and stood before his master. And Elisha said to him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither.
²⁶And he said to him, Did not my heart go, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and bondmen, and bondwomen?
²⁷But the leprosy of Naaman shall fasten upon thee, and upon thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence leprous, as snow. (2 Kings 5:20‑27)

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Hab. 2:9• ⁹Woe to him that getteth iniquitous gain to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the grasp of evil! (Hab. 2:9)

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Luke 12:15• ¹⁵And he said to them, Take heed and keep yourselves from all covetousness, for it is not because a man is in abundance that his life is in his possessions. (Luke 12:15)

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Rom. 7:7‑8• ⁷What shall we say then? is the law sin? Far be the thought. But I had not known sin, unless by law: for I had not had conscience also of lust unless the law had said, Thou shalt not lust;
⁸but sin, getting a point of attack by the commandment, wrought in me every lust; for without law sin was dead. (Rom. 7:7‑8)

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Eph. 5:3• ³But fornication and all uncleanness or unbridled lust, let it not be even named among you, as it becomes saints; (Eph. 5:3)

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Col. 3:5• ⁵Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth, fornication, uncleanness, vile passions, evil lust, and unbridled desire, which is idolatry. (Col. 3:5)

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1 Tim. 6:9‑10• ⁹But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and many unwise and hurtful lusts, which plunge men into destruction and ruin.
¹⁰For the love of money is the root of every evil; which some having aspired after, have wandered from the faith, and pierced themselves with many sorrows. (1 Tim. 6:9‑10)

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Heb. 13:5• ⁵Let your conversation be without love of money, satisfied with your present circumstances; for *he* has said, I will not leave thee, neither will I forsake thee. (Heb. 13:5)

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2 Peter 2:15• ¹⁵having left the straight way they have gone astray, having followed in the path of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the reward of unrighteousness; (2 Peter 2:15)

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Prov. 4:23• ²³Keep thy heart more than anything that is guarded; for out of it are the issues of life. (Prov. 4:23)

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Mic. 2:1‑2• ¹Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning is light they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
²And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away; and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage. (Mic. 2:1‑2)

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James 1:15• ¹⁵then lust, having conceived, gives birth to sin; but sin fully completed brings forth death. (James 1:15)

they are hid.

2 Sam. 11:6‑17• ⁶And David sent to Joab saying, Send me Urijah the Hittite. And Joab sent Urijah to David.
⁷And when Urijah had come to him, David asked how Joab prospered, and how the people prospered, and how the war prospered.
⁸And David said to Urijah, Go down to thy house and wash thy feet. And Urijah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him presents from the king.
⁹And Urijah slept at the entrance of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.
¹⁰And they had told David saying, Urijah did not go down to his house; and David said to Urijah, Art thou not come from a journey? why didst thou not go down to thy house?
¹¹And Urijah said to David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah abide in booths; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields: shall I then go into my house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? As thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.
¹²And David said to Urijah, Abide here to-day also, and to-morrow I will let thee depart. And Urijah abode in Jerusalem that day and the morrow.
¹³And David invited him, and he ate and drank before him; and he made him drunk. And in the evening he went out to lie on his couch with the servants of his lord, but did not go down to his house.
¹⁴And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by Urijah.
¹⁵And he wrote in the letter saying, Set Urijah in the front of the thickest fight, and withdraw from him, that he may be smitten and die.
¹⁶And it came to pass as Joab watched the city, that he assigned Urijah to a place where he knew that the valiant men were.
¹⁷And the men of the city went out and fought with Joab; and there fell some of the people, of the servants of David; and Urijah the Hittite died also. (2 Sam. 11:6‑17)

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2 Kings 5:24‑25• ²⁴And when he came to the hill, he took them from their hand, and stowed them in the house; and he let the men go, and they departed.
²⁵And he entered in and stood before his master. And Elisha said to him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither. (2 Kings 5:24‑25)

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Isa. 28:15• ¹⁵For ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol have we made an agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us; for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves. (Isa. 28:15)

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Isa. 29:15• ¹⁵Woe unto them that hide deep, far from Jehovah, their counsel! And their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us? (Isa. 29:15)

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Luke 12:2• ²but there is nothing covered up which shall not be revealed, nor secret that shall not be known; (Luke 12:2)

J. N. Darby Translation

I saw among the spoils a beautiful mantle of Shinar, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a golden bar of fifty shekels weight, and I coveted them and took them; and behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.