Joshua 7:24-26

7:24 Then Joshua and all Israel took Achan, son of Zerah, along with the silver, the robe, the bar of gold, his sons, daughters, ox, donkey, sheep, tent, and all that belonged to him and brought them up to the Valley of Disaster. ¹  7:25 Joshua said, “Why have you brought disaster ²  on us? The Lord will bring disaster on you today!” All Israel stoned him to death. (They also stoned and burned the others.) ³  7:26 Then they erected over him a large pile of stones (it remains to this very day ⁴ ) and the Lord’s anger subsided. So that place is called the Valley of Disaster to this very day.

Joshua 7:2

7:2 Joshua sent men from Jericho ⁵  to Ai (which is located near Beth Aven, east of Bethel ⁶ ) and instructed them, “Go up and spy on the land.” So the men went up and spied on Ai.

Joshua 21:8-9

21:8 So the Israelites assigned to the Levites by lot these cities and their grazing areas, as the Lord had instructed Moses.

21:9 They assigned from the tribes of Judah and Simeon the cities listed below.

¹ tn Or “Trouble” The name is “Achor” in Hebrew, which means “disaster” or “trouble” (also in v. 26).

² tn Or “trouble.” The word is “achor” in Hebrew (also in the following clause).

³ tc Heb “and they burned them with fire and they stoned them with stones.” These words are somewhat parenthetical in nature and are omitted in the LXX; they may represent a later scribal addition.

⁴ tc Heb “to this day.” The phrase “to this day” is omitted in the LXX and may represent a later scribal addition.

⁵ map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.

⁶ map For the location of Bethel see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.