Joshua 7:20

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

Joshua 7:20 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 7:20

And Achan answered Joshua, and said
He made a free and open confession of his sin:

indeed I have sinned against the Lord God of Israel;
against him who had been so good to Israel in many instances, and particularly in delivering Jericho into their hands in so extraordinary a manner; against a law of his, respecting the spoil of that city, which sin was the more aggravated thereby; and that he had committed the sin he was taken for and charged with, he owns was a true and real fact:

and thus and thus have I done;
such and such things have I taken, and in the manner as follows.

Joshua 7:20 In-Context

18 And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken .

19 And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give , I pray thee, glory to the LORD God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell 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 When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.

22 So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.