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<p>The nation was defeated during the battle of the Ai and 36 men were killed because they too had sinned and were deserving of punishment.</p> | <p>The nation was defeated during the battle of the Ai and 36 men were killed because they too had sinned and were deserving of punishment.</p> | ||
| − | <mekorot><multilink><a href="RYosefBekhorShorDevarim29-28" data-aht="source">R. Yosef Bekhor Shor</a><a href="RYosefBekhorShorDevarim29-28" data-aht="source">Devarim 29:28</a><a href="R. Yosef Bekhor Shor" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yosef Bekhor Shor</a></multilink>, Rif, <multilink><a href="HoilMosheYehoshua7-24" data-aht="source">Hoil Moshe</a><a href="HoilMosheYehoshua7-24" data-aht="source">Yehoshua 7:24</a><a href="R. Moshe Yitzchak Ashkenazi (Hoil Moshe)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Moshe Yitzchak Ashkenazi</a></multilink>    | + | <mekorot><multilink><a href="RYosefBekhorShorDevarim29-28" data-aht="source">R. Yosef Bekhor Shor</a><a href="RYosefBekhorShorDevarim29-28" data-aht="source">Devarim 29:28</a><a href="R. Yosef Bekhor Shor" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yosef Bekhor Shor</a></multilink>, Rif, <multilink><a href="HoilMosheYehoshua7-24" data-aht="source">Hoil Moshe</a><a href="HoilMosheYehoshua7-24" data-aht="source">Yehoshua 7:24</a><a href="R. Moshe Yitzchak Ashkenazi (Hoil Moshe)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Moshe Yitzchak Ashkenazi</a></multilink> gg  cvd</mekorot> |
| + | <point><b>How did they sin?</b><ul> | ||
| + | <li><b>Spiritual blunder</b> – </li> | ||
| + | <li><b>Military blunder</b> –</li> | ||
| + | <li><b>Abetted Akhan</b> – assumes that Yehoshua had warned the people beforehand to watch over the spoils and ensure that no one took, and to report if anyone had.  The people either did not watch properly, failed to report the offender, or worse, actively helped Akhan to hide the spoils.</li> | ||
| + | <li><b>Own sins</b> – The people who died were</li> | ||
| + | </ul></point> | ||
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<category>Natural Consequences | <category>Natural Consequences | ||
<p>Ibn Kaspi</p> | <p>Ibn Kaspi</p> | ||
</category> | </category> | ||
| − | <category> | + | <category>Collective Punishment |
| + | <p>Despite the fact that only Akhan sinned, innocent people were punished as they were considered collectively responsible.</p> | ||
| + | <mekorot><multilink><a href="YerushalmiSotah7-5" data-aht="source">Yerushalmi Sotah</a><a href="YerushalmiSotah7-5" data-aht="source">Sotah 7:5</a><a href="Talmud Yerushalmi" data-aht="parshan">About the Yerushalmi</a></multilink>, R. Yehudah in <multilink><a href="BavliSanhedrin43b-44a" data-aht="source">Bavli Sanhedrin</a><a href="BavliSanhedrin43b-44a" data-aht="source">Sanhedrin 43b-44a</a><a href="Talmud Bavli" data-aht="parshan">About the Bavli</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="Tanchuma51" data-aht="source">Tanchuma</a><a href="Tanchuma51" data-aht="source">51</a><a href="Tanchuma" data-aht="parshan">About the Tanchuma</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RBachyaVayikra26-37" data-aht="source">R. Bachya</a><a href="RBachyaVayikra26-37" data-aht="source">Vayikra 26:37</a><a href="R. Bachya b. Asher" data-aht="parshan">About R. Bachya b. Asher</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RalbagYehoshua7-1" data-aht="source">Ralbag</a><a href="RalbagYehoshua7-1" data-aht="source">Yehoshua 7:1</a><a href="RalbagYehoshua5-8" data-aht="source">Yehoshua 5-8</a><a href="RalbagYehoshua7-24" data-aht="source">Yehoshua 7:24</a><a href="RalbagYehoshua22-18" data-aht="source">Yehoshua 22:18</a><a href="R. Levi b. Gershom (Ralbag, Gersonides)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Levi b. Gershom</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="AbarbanelYehoshua7-4-5" data-aht="source">Abarbanel</a><a href="AbarbanelYehoshua7-4-5" data-aht="source">Yehoshua 7:4-5</a><a href="R. Yitzchak Abarbanel" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yitzchak Abarbanel</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="SefornoShemot23-21" data-aht="source">Seforno</a><a href="SefornoShemot23-21" data-aht="source">Shemot 23:21</a><a href="R. Ovadyah Seforno" data-aht="parshan">About R. Ovadyah Seforno</a></multilink>,</mekorot> | ||
</category> | </category> | ||
</approaches> | </approaches> | ||
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Version as of 10:24, 28 June 2016
Collective Punishment for Akhan's Sin
Exegetical Approaches
Nation Also Culpable
The nation was defeated during the battle of the Ai and 36 men were killed because they too had sinned and were deserving of punishment.
How did they sin?
- Spiritual blunder –
- Military blunder –
- Abetted Akhan – assumes that Yehoshua had warned the people beforehand to watch over the spoils and ensure that no one took, and to report if anyone had. The people either did not watch properly, failed to report the offender, or worse, actively helped Akhan to hide the spoils.
- Own sins – The people who died were
Natural Consequences
Ibn Kaspi
Collective Punishment
Despite the fact that only Akhan sinned, innocent people were punished as they were considered collectively responsible.
Sources:Yerushalmi Sotah, R. Yehudah in Bavli Sanhedrin, Tanchuma, R. Bachya, Ralbag, Abarbanel, Seforno,
