the offense, and tells Joshua to expose the offender. After Achan confesses, Joshua orders that he and his family be stoned to death. Then Joshua directs that they be burned and interred under a pile of rocks. The decree associates Achan with the pile of rubble that later characterizes Ai after it is burned (8:28) and the pile of rocks under which the executed king of Ai is interred (8:29). The trio of anecdotes make a single point: indigenous peoples who confess Yahweh may be incorporated into the