17. Then Joshua brought the clans of Judah to the Lord, and the Lord showed that the Zerah clan was guilty. One by one he brought the leader of each family in the Zerah clan to the Lord, and the Lord showed that Zabdi's family was guilty.
18. Finally, Joshua brought each man in Zabdi's family to the Lord, and the Lord showed that Achan was the guilty one.
19. “Achan,” Joshua said, “the Lord God of Israel has decided that you are guilty. Is this true? Tell me what you did, and don't try to hide anything.”
20. “It's true,” Achan answered. “I sinned and disobeyed the Lord God of Israel.
21-22. While we were in Jericho, I saw a beautiful Babylonian robe, two hundred pieces of silver, and a gold bar that weighed the same as fifty pieces of gold. I wanted them for myself, so I took them. I dug a hole under my tent and hid the silver, the gold, and the robe.”Joshua told some people to run to Achan's tent, where they found the silver, the gold, and the robe.
23. They brought them back and put them in front of the sacred chest, so Joshua and the rest of the Israelites could see them.