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<category>Nation Also Culpable | <category>Nation Also Culpable | ||
| − | <p> | + | <p>Those who were killed 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></mekorot> |
<point><b>How did they sin?</b><ul> | <point><b>How did they sin?</b><ul> | ||
| − | <li><b>Spiritual blunder</b> – </li> | + | <li><b>Spiritual blunder</b> – </li> |
<li><b>Military 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>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> | <li><b>Own sins</b> – The people who died were</li> | ||
</ul></point> | </ul></point> | ||
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</category> | </category> | ||
<category>Collective Punishment | <category>Collective Punishment | ||
| − | <p>Despite the fact that only Akhan sinned, innocent people were punished | + | <p>Despite the fact that only Akhan sinned, innocent people were also punished.</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. | + | <opinion>Israel is One Body |
| + | <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. Yehuda 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="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> | ||
| + | </opinion> | ||
| + | <opinion>Providence removed | ||
| + | <p><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="MalbimYehoshua7-1" data-aht="source">Malbim</a><a href="MalbimDevarim27-10" data-aht="source">Devarim 27:10</a><a href="MalbimYehoshua7-1" data-aht="source">Yehoshua 7:1</a><a href="MalbimMishleiBeurHaInyan11-21" data-aht="source">Mishlei Beur HaInyan 11:21</a><a href="R. Meir Leibush Weiser (Malbim)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Meir Leibush Weiser</a></multilink></p> | ||
| + | </opinion> | ||
</category> | </category> | ||
</approaches> | </approaches> | ||
</page> | </page> | ||
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Version as of 01:25, 29 June 2016
Collective Punishment for Akhan's Sin
Exegetical Approaches
Nation Also Culpable
Those who were killed 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
Collective Punishment
Despite the fact that only Akhan sinned, innocent people were also punished.
