20 Was not Achan1 son of Zerah unfaithful regarding what was set apart for destruction,2 bringing wrath upon the whole congregation of Israel? Yet it was not only Achan who perished because of his sin!’”
1 Achan means troubler; also called Achar in 1 Chronicles 2:7.
2 Forms of the Hebrew cherem refer to the giving over of things or persons to the LORD, either by destroying them or by giving them as an offering.