20 And they shall say to the elders of his city, ‘This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he does not obey us, he is thoughtless and given to drinking.’ 21 (A)Then all the men of his city shall stone him to death; so (B)you shall eliminate the evil from your midst, and (C)all Israel will hear about it and fear.

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20 They shall say to the elders, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.” 21 Then all the men of his town are to stone him to death.(A) You must purge the evil(B) from among you. All Israel will hear of it and be afraid.(C)

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26 Then they erected over him a large heap of stones that stands to this day, and the Lord turned from the fierceness of His anger. Therefore the name of that place has been called (A)the Valley of [a]Achor to this day.

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  1. Joshua 7:26 I.e., disaster

26 Over Achan they heaped(A) up a large pile of rocks, which remains to this day.(B) Then the Lord turned from his fierce anger.(C) Therefore that place has been called the Valley of Achor[a](D) ever since.

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  1. Joshua 7:26 Achor means trouble.

29 And (A)he hanged the king of Ai on [a]a tree until evening; but at sunset Joshua gave the command and they took his body down from [b]the tree and threw it at the entrance of the city gate, and erected over it a large heap of stones that stands to this day.

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  1. Joshua 8:29 Lit the wood
  2. Joshua 8:29 Lit the wood

29 He impaled the body of the king of Ai on a pole and left it there until evening. At sunset,(A) Joshua ordered them to take the body from the pole and throw it down at the entrance of the city gate. And they raised a large pile of rocks(B) over it, which remains to this day.

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