20. Achan answered Joshua, “I have indeed sinned against the Lord, the God of Israel. This is what I have done:
21. Among the spoils, I saw a beautiful Babylonian mantle, two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold fifty shekels in weight; I coveted them and I took them. They are now hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”
22. Joshua sent messengers and they ran to the tent and there they were, hidden in the tent, with the silver underneath.
23. They took them from the tent, brought them to Joshua and all the Israelites, and spread them out before the Lord.
24. Then Joshua and all Israel took Achan, son of Zerah, with the silver, the mantle, and the bar of gold, and with his sons and daughters, his ox, his donkey and his sheep, his tent, and all his possessions, and led them off to the Valley of Achor.
25. Joshua said, “What misery have you caused us? May the Lord bring misery upon you today!” And all Israel stoned him to death. They burnt them with fire and they stoned them.
26. Over Achan they piled a great heap of stones, which remains to the present day. Then the Lord turned from his anger. That is why the place is called the Valley of Achor to this day.