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John Gill's Exposition on Joshua 10:27
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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And it came to pass, at the time of the going down of the sun, etc.] Which was the time fixed by the law of God for taking down bodies that were hanged, (<052123>Deuteronomy 21:23); [that] Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees; not from, any respect to them, but that they might not defile the land, as dead bodies in a ceremonial sense did, (<052123>Deuteronomy 21:23); and this Joshua was the more careful of, as they were just entered into it, and were taking possession of it: and they cast them into the cave wherein they had been hid; so that what had been their hiding place now became their grave; and according to the Samaritan Chronicle f199, the trees also on which they were hanged were cast in with them; and laid great stones in the cave’s mouth: not as a monumental pile, as in the instances of Achan and the king of Ai, (<060726>Joshua 7:26 8:29); but to prevent their carcasses being dragged out, and eaten by wild beasts, as some think; or that they might not be taken out, and buried in a more honourable manner: [which remain] until this very day; when Joshua was grown old, the writer of this book.
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