Israel had become guilty of the same sin that Achan had committed: “They spared what had been devoted to destruction (see Joshua 7:1, Joshua 7:11–12) and associated with things that had been anathematized; therefore they made themselves liable to divine judgment."1
2 and you shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; you shall break down their altars.’ But you have not obeyed my voice. What is this you have done?