Booty Given to God
C. S. Bushnell. Joshua 6:12-27 And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the LORD.… Other cities would be conquered and their booty be divided among the people, but in this case all was to be given to God, No one was to be richer for those marches and that tremendous slaughter except as every one was richer when the treasure was dedicated to God. It was enough to be delivered by His help from so formidable a foe, who held the two main passes to the hill country above, an enemy too powerful to be left unconquered in their rear. Besides, all that was God's was theirs. As well might a son begrudge the increasing wealth of his father in whose prosperity his own interests were enhanced. But the fact that one man, Achan, did covet and then conceal a goodly Babylonish mantle, with some silver and gold that he found, shows how real was the temptation, yet how magnificently it was resisted. Only one man among all those thousands played the thief. How splendid, then, was the fidelity of the many! (C. S. Bushnell.) Parallel Verses KJV: And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the LORD. WEB: Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of Yahweh.