²⁴ At the king’s command, the men who had falsely accused Daniel were brought in and thrown into the lions’ den,^(A) along with their wives and children.^(B) And before they reached the floor of the den, the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.^(C)

¹⁰ So they impaled^(A) Haman^(B) on the pole^(C) he had set up for Mordecai.^(D) Then the king’s fury subsided.^(E)

²⁵ But when the plot came to the king’s attention,^[a] he issued written orders that the evil scheme Haman had devised against the Jews should come back onto his own head,^(A) and that he and his sons should be impaled^(B) on poles.^(C)

⁶ Yet he did not put the children of the assassins to death, in accordance with what is written in the Book of the Law^(A) of Moses where the Lord commanded: “Parents are not to be put to death for their children, nor children put to death for their parents; each will die for their own sin.”^[a](B)

²⁴ Then Joshua, together with all Israel, took Achan son of Zerah, the silver, the robe, the gold bar, his sons^(A) and daughters, his cattle, donkeys and sheep, his tent and all that he had, to the Valley of Achor.^{(B) 25} Joshua said, “Why have you brought this trouble^(C) on us? The Lord will bring trouble on you today.”

Then all Israel stoned him,^(D) and after they had stoned the rest, they burned them.^(E)

¹⁶ Parents are not to be put to death for their children, nor children put to death for their parents; each will die for their own sin.^(A)