Can anyone explain?

[graymousey]

I don't understand why the horses had to be hamstrung. (Joshua 11:9)

Can anyone explain pls?

[Masked Chris]

I don't understand why the horses had to be hamstrung. (Joshua 11:9)

Can anyone explain pls?

culture The bible is inspiried yes... but according to Peter the scriptures were written by men but inspiried by God. God didn't write the bible... men did [is this not true?]. the Holy Spirit moved through men and wrote what we have today. However... these men are also men of culture. So you must always take that into account.

[ayin jade]

Jos 11:9 Joshua did to them as the LORD had told him; he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire.

Look back at an earlier verse.

Jos 11:6 Then the LORD said to Joshua, "Do not be afraid because of them, for tomorrow at this time I will deliver all of them slain before Israel; you shall hamstring their horses and burn their chariots with fire."

In Deuteronomy He told them not to keep horses when they were in the new land. In Joshua, the Lord told them to destroy their chariots, and by hamstringing their horses, essentially destroyed the usefulness of the horses. They were now crippled. Horses were not used for agriculture back then, but were used for war.

[stafy]

I don't understand why the horses had to be hamstrung. (Joshua 11:9)

Can anyone explain pls?

The people of Israel Were trusting in the strenght of the horeses to defend there land instead of the strenght of there God so God had then remove the horses.

[graymousey]

Thank you to all. But why humstring, - why not kill the horses?

[stafy]

Thank you to all. But why humstring, - why not kill the horses?

I could be wrong but I don't think the bible tell's us the answer , so you may have to go direct to god on that one.

[HAZARD]

I don't understand why the horses had to be hamstrung. (Joshua 11:9)

Can anyone explain pls?

Hi graymousy.

Joshua's victory was brought about by what could be called ancient blitz-krieg (Verse 7: 10:9). In what way God delivered is not mentioned or stated, but having done it many times before by many means, we can be assured that is was by some supernatural means and work by angels, confusion, and panic (verse 8), and Joshua did unto them as the Lord bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnet their charious with fire. And Joshua also killed the King and he also killed all the people and he burnt Hazor with fire (Verse 10-11).

God told him what he had to do and he did it. "And the land rested from war, (Joshua 11:23).

Haz.

[Guest Biblicist]

culture The bible is inspiried yes... but according to Peter the scriptures were written by men but inspiried by God. God didn't write the bible... men did [is this not true?]. the Holy Spirit moved through men and wrote what we have today. However... these men are also men of culture. So you must always take that into account.

Not to get off topic. . .

Chris, when you write a letter or type on the computer does the pen/pencil or keyboard do the writing? No, it's YOU. It comes from your heart and mind, not the computer or pencil. In the same way, men were used by God to pen His word. They were the instruments he used, like we would use a pen or computer. God wrote the Bible.

What is hamstrung?

[Masked Chris]

culture The bible is inspiried yes... but according to Peter the scriptures were written by men but inspiried by God. God didn't write the bible... men did [is this not true?]. the Holy Spirit moved through men and wrote what we have today. However... these men are also men of culture. So you must always take that into account.

Not to get off topic. . .

Chris, when you write a letter or type on the computer does the pen/pencil or keyboard do the writing? No, it's YOU. It comes from your heart and mind, not the computer or pencil. In the same way, men were used by God to pen His word. They were the instruments he used, like we would use a pen or computer. God wrote the Bible.

no... it's clear in 1 Peter. The bible is written by men who were inspiried by the Holy Spirit. God didn't write the Bible.... men did. God simply inspirired the writings.

[HAZARD]

culture The bible is inspiried yes... but according to Peter the scriptures were written by men but inspiried by God. God didn't write the bible... men did [is this not true?]. the Holy Spirit moved through men and wrote what we have today. However... these men are also men of culture. So you must always take that into account.

Not to get off topic. . .

Chris, when you write a letter or type on the computer does the pen/pencil or keyboard do the writing? No, it's YOU. It comes from your heart and mind, not the computer or pencil. In the same way, men were used by God to pen His word. They were the instruments he used, like we would use a pen or computer. God wrote the Bible.

What is hamstrung?

Top answer Biblicist. Very well put.

In answer to your question, What is hamstrung?

"Joshua did unto them as the Lord bade him: he houghed their horses."

To "hough" anything is to cut it down. To cut an animal down in Joshua's day one would sever their hamstring with a sword or usually an axe. This was cheaper and always more thorough than an arrow which may only wound or maybe slow a horse down.

To hamstring an animal is to cut the tendon which runs from the muscle on the hind leg that attaches to the ankle. This disables the animal and it cannot run, walk, or pull any chariot or cart. On a human being, the hamstring is the tendon which connects the ankle to the calf muscle. Cut or damage this and you are crippled. In some Asian lands the people still hamstring bulloks in their religious ceremonies and then offer these beast's to their ancient God's, before finally killing them by cutting their throats to bleed them and then eating the meat. How do I know this? I have witnessed this practice for myself.

Haz.