Joshua 7:20

20 Achan replied, "It's true! I've sinned against the Lord, the God of Israel. Here is what I've 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 He had their men come forward one by one. Achan was picked. Achan was the son of Carmi. Carmi was the son of Zimri. And Zimri was the son of Zerah. Zerah was from the tribe of Judah.

19 Joshua spoke to Achan. He said, "My son, the LORD is the God of Israel. So give him glory by telling the truth! Give him praise by admitting you have sinned! Tell me what you have done. Don't hide it from me."

20 Achan replied, "It's true! I've sinned against the Lord, the God of Israel. Here is what I've done.

21 I saw a beautiful robe from Babylonia among the things we had taken. I saw five pounds of silver. And I saw a gold bar that weighed 20 ounces. I wanted them, so I took them. I hid them in the ground inside my tent. The silver is on the bottom."

22 So Joshua sent some messengers. They ran to Achan's tent. And there was everything, hidden in his tent! The silver was on the bottom.