Joshua leads the Israelites in a strike against the Canaanite town of Ai. One of his warriors, Achan, runs afoul of the holy men after they find that he has been keeping loot for himself instead of giving it to the God of the Israelites. He is stoned to death. The mayor of another Canaanite town, Gibeon, tries to trick Joshua into making a peace treaty, but Joshua quickly gets the better of him. Nothing seems to stand in the way of the Israelites now — or does it? (Joshua 7-8)