and he brought near the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zerahites: and he brought near the family of the Zerahites man by man; and Zabdi 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.