16. Early the next morning Joshua made Israel come forward by tribes, and Judah was chosen.
17. The clans of Judah came forward, and the Zerahites were chosen. He made the clan of the Zerahites come forward by families, and Zimri was chosen.
18. Joshua made his family come forward man by man, and Achan son of Karmi, the son of Zimri, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was chosen.
19. Then Joshua said to Achan, ‘My son, give glory to the Lord, the God of Israel, and honour him. Tell me what you have done; do not hide it from me.’
20. Achan replied, ‘It is true! I have sinned against the Lord, the God of Israel. This is what I have done:
21. when I saw in the plunder a beautiful robe from Babylonia, two hundred shekels of silver and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.’
22. So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent, and there it was, hidden in his tent, with the silver underneath.
23. They took the things from the tent, brought them to Joshua and all the Israelites and spread them out before the Lord.
24. Then Joshua, together with all Israel, took Achan son of Zerah, the silver, the robe, the gold bar, his sons and daughters, his cattle, donkeys and sheep, his tent and all that he had, to the Valley of Achor.