and he brought near his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.
      1. The place of execution. They brought him out of the camp, in token of their putting far from them that wicked person,1 Corinthians 5:13. When our Lord Jesus was made a curse for us, that by his trouble we might have peace, he suffered as an accursed thing without the gate, bearing our reproach, Hebrews 13:12; Hebrews 13:13. The execution was at a distance, that the camp which was disturbed by Achan's sin might not be defiled by his death.