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Commentary for Joshua 7:25

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙ מֶ֣ה עֲכַרְתָּ֔נוּ יַעְכֳּרְךָ֥ יְהוָ֖ה בַּיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה וַיִּרְגְּמ֨וּ אֹת֤וֹ כָל־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֶ֔בֶן וַיִּשְׂרְפ֤וּ אֹתָם֙ בָּאֵ֔שׁ וַיִּסְקְל֥וּ אֹתָ֖ם בָּאֲבָנִֽים׃

And Joshua said: ‘Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall trouble thee this day.’ And all Israel stoned him with stones; and they burned them with fire, and stoned them with stones.

Rashi on Joshua

And [they] stoned him.31Why this particular death? Rashi answers. he desecrated the Shabbos. He had desecrated the Shabbos.
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Rashi on Joshua

And they burned them. This refers to the tent, and all other movable objects.
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Rashi on Joshua

And they stoned them. This refers to the ox(en) and other animals.
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