Talmud for Joshua 7:26
וַיָּקִ֨ימוּ עָלָ֜יו גַּל־אֲבָנִ֣ים גָּד֗וֹל עַ֚ד הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֔ה וַיָּ֥שָׁב יְהוָ֖ה מֵחֲר֣וֹן אַפּ֑וֹ עַל־כֵּ֠ן קָרָ֞א שֵׁ֣ם הַמָּק֤וֹם הַהוּא֙ עֵ֣מֶק עָכ֔וֹר עַ֖ד הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃ (פ)
And they raised over him a great heap of stones, unto this day; and the LORD turned from the fierceness of His anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called The valley of Achor, unto this day.
Tractate Semachot
An excommunicated person who died has to be ‘stoned’27Cf. M.Ḳ. 15a (Sonc. ed., p. 88).—not that they place a high heap of stones upon him, as in the case of Achan28Cf. Josh. 7, 26.—but the messenger of the Beth Din takes a stone and places it on the coffin in order to fulfil the duty of ‘stoning’ in his case.29Cf. M.Ḳ. loc. cit., and ‘Eduy. V, 6 (Sonc. ed., p. 35) in the case of Eliezer b. Ḥanok.
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