The confession

19Then Joshua said to Achan, “My son, please give glory to Yahweh, the God of Israel, and give thanks to him. Please tell me what you have done; do not hide it from me.”

20Achan answered Joshua and said, “Truly, I have sinned against Yahweh, the God of Israel, and this is what I did:”

21I saw among the spoil one beautiful cloak from Shinar, two hundred shekels of silver, and one bar of gold weighing fifty shekels. I coveted them and took them, and look, they are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath it.