תלמוד על יהושע 7:26

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.