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19 So Joshua said to Achan, ‘My son, give glory to the Lord, the God of Israel,(A) and make a confession to him.[a] I urge you, tell me what you have done. Don’t hide anything from me.’

20 Achan replied to Joshua, ‘It is true. I have sinned against the Lord, the God of Israel.(B) This is what I did: 21 When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Babylon,[b] two and a half kilograms[c] of silver, and a bar of gold weighing half a kilogram,[d] I coveted them and took them.(C) You can see for yourself. They are concealed in the ground inside my tent, with the silver under the cloak.’

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Footnotes

  1. 7:19 Or and praise him
  2. 7:21 Lit Shinar
  3. 7:21 Lit 200 shekels
  4. 7:21 Lit 50 shekels