Yehoshua 7: Overconfidence

YINR 929: Tanach Yomi · May 27, 2026 · 3m

After six chapters of triumphs, things unravel quickly in chapter seven. There are important factors missing in the first attack on Ai as opposed to the attack on Jericho. God was not part of the planning process. Joshua consults with his army and not God. The people decided to go into Ai with a smaller force. That displays a level of hubris after one victory. Joshua also did not follow through with the plans from the previous chapter of making sure all the spoils were left to God. Yes, the spoils were taken secretly, but this major part of the Jericho conquest seems to have been ignored…