Joshua 10:27 Meaning and Explanation
“And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones in the cave's mouth, which remain until this very day.”
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Read Full Chapter →At sunset the bodies are taken down and sealed in the very cave where the kings had hidden.
What Does Joshua 10:27 Mean?
At sunset Joshua commands the bodies taken down and cast into the very cave where the kings had hidden, and great stones are laid over its mouth, stones said to remain to the writer's own day. Their hiding place becomes their tomb. The obedience to the law about bodies on a tree is carefully observed.
There is a fitting justice in the detail. The cave the kings chose for refuge becomes the place of their burial; the stones they hoped would hide them now seal them in. The narrator's note that the stones remain anchors the account as remembered history. What men contrive for their own escape, God can turn into the very monument of His judgment.
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What does Joshua 10:27 mean?
At sunset the bodies are taken down and sealed in the very cave where the kings had hidden.