¹⁶ Then Pharaoh called ^(A)for Moses and Aaron in haste, and said, ^(B)“I have sinned against the Lord your God and against you.

²⁷ And Pharaoh sent and ^(A)called for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, ^(B)“I have sinned this time. ^(C)The Lord is righteous, and my people and I are wicked.

⁴ saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.”

And they said, “What is that to us? You see to it!”

²⁰ For I, your servant, know that I have sinned. Therefore here I am, the first to come today of all ^(A)the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.”

²¹ Then Saul said, ^(A)“I have sinned. Return, my son David. For I will harm you no more, because my life was precious in your eyes this day. Indeed I have played the fool and erred exceedingly.”

³⁰ Then he said, “I have sinned; yet ^(A)honor me now, please, before the elders of my people and before Israel, and return with me, that I may worship the Lord your God.”

^24 (A)Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned, for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord and your words, because I ^(B)feared the people and obeyed their voice.

³⁴ And Balaam said to the Angel of the Lord, ^(A)“I have sinned, for I did not know You stood in the way against me. Now therefore, if it ^[a]displeases You, I will turn back.”