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Collective Punishment for Akhan's Sin

Exegetical Approaches

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Nation Also Culpable

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

How did they sin?
  • Spiritual blunder – 
  • Military blunder
  • Abetted Akhan – 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.  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

Collective Punishment