They raised over him a great heap of stones, to this day; and Yahweh turned from the fierceness of his anger. Therefore the name of that place was called "The valley of Achor" to this day.
      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.