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Collective Punishment for Akhan's Sin

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Those who were killed had sinned and were deserving of punishment.

How did they sin?

Spiritual blunder –
Military blunder –
Abetted Akhan – R"Y Bekhor Shor, Rabbi Yaakov Fidanque, and Hoil Moshe maintain that Yehoshua had warned the people beforehand to watch over the spoils and ensure that no one took of them, and to report if anyone had. The people either did not watch properly, failed to report the offender, or worse, actively helped Akhan to hide the spoils.
Own sins – The people who died were

Attribution of sin to Israel

Singling out of akhan

Why was Akhan originally spared?

Collective punishment

Despite the fact that only Akhan sinned, innocent people were also punished.

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 <li><b>Spiritual blunder</b> –&#160;</li>
 <li><b>Military blunder</b> –</li>
-<li><b>Abetted Akhan</b> – assumes that Yehoshua had warned the people beforehand to watch over the spoils and ensure that no one took, and to report if anyone had.&#160; The people either did not watch properly, failed to report the offender, or worse, actively helped Akhan to hide the spoils.</li>
+<li><b>Abetted Akhan</b> – R"Y Bekhor Shor,&#160;Rabbi Yaakov Fidanque, and Hoil Moshe maintain that Yehoshua had warned the people beforehand to watch over the spoils and ensure that no one took of them, and to report if anyone had.&#160; The people either did not watch properly, failed to report the offender, or worse, actively helped Akhan to hide the spoils.</li>
 <li><b>Own sins</b> – The people who died were</li>
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+	<point><b>Attribution of sin to Israel</b></point>
+	<point><b>Singling out of akhan</b></point>
+	<point><b>Why was Akhan originally spared?</b></point>
+	<point><b>Collective punishment</b></point>
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