19 Then Joshua said unto Achan, My son, I beseech thee, give glory to the Lord God of Israel, and [a]make confession unto him, and show me now what thou hast done: hide it not from me.

20 And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the Lord God of Israel, and thus, and thus have I done.

21 I saw among the spoil a goodly [b]Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, and I covered them, and took them: and behold, they lie hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 7:19 By declaring truth: for God is glorified when the truth is confessed.
  2. Joshua 7:21 Such a rich garment as the states of Babylon did wear.

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