ESV Reformation Study Bible – Josh 7:21
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Josh 7:21

7:21 saw . . . coveted . . . took. There may be an allusion here to Gen. 3:6, where these three verbs occur in the same order. The pattern of the Garden of Eden has been repeated in the Promised Land: no sooner was the gift of God given than the recipients desired what was forbidden, and took it.