Joshua 10:26-27

10:26 Then Joshua executed them ¹  and hung them on five trees. They were left hanging on the trees until evening. 10:27 At sunset Joshua ordered his men to take them down from the trees. ²  They threw them into the cave where they had hidden and piled large stones over the mouth of the cave. (They remain to this very day.) ³ 

[10:26]  ¹ tn Heb “struck them down and killed them.”

[10:27]  ² sn For the legal background of the removal of the corpses before sundown, see Deut 21:22-23.

[10:27]  ³ tn Heb “to this very day.” The words “They remain” are supplied in the translation for clarification.