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26 Over Achan they piled a great heap of stones, which remains to the present day.(A) Then the Lord turned from his anger. That is why the place is called the Valley of Achor[a] to this day.

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Footnotes

  1. 7:26 Achor: “misery,” or “disaster.” The reference is to the saying of Joshua in v. 25, with an allusion also to the similar-sounding name of Achan.

29 He had the king of Ai hanged on a tree until evening;(A) then at sunset Joshua ordered the body removed from the tree and cast at the entrance of the city gate, where a great heap of stones was piled up over it, which remains to the present day.

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27 At sunset Joshua commanded that they be taken down from the trees and be thrown into the cave where they had hidden; over the mouth of the cave large stones were placed, which remain until this very day.

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