When God ordered the complete destruction of a man… and his entire family.

In the book of Joshua, after the walls of Jericho fell, one Israelite named Achan took forbidden treasure and hid it under his tent. The punishment wasn’t just for him. His sons, his daughters, his livestock, and everything he owned were stoned and burned.

This is one of those Bible stories that makes a lot of people close the book for good. How do you reconcile a God of love with the deliberate killing of the innocent?

In this video we tell the full story, sit with the discomfort, and then look at what’s actually going on beneath the surface — using the deeper, internal meaning of the text.