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20 Achan replied to Joshua, ‘It is true. I have sinned against the Lord, the God of Israel.(A) This is what I did: 21 When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Babylon,[a] two and a half kilograms[b] of silver, and a bar of gold weighing half a kilogram,[c] I coveted them and took them.(B) You can see for yourself. They are concealed in the ground inside my tent, with the silver under the cloak.’ 22 So Joshua sent messengers who ran to the tent, and there was the cloak, concealed in his tent, with the silver underneath.

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  1. 7:21 Lit Shinar
  2. 7:21 Lit 200 shekels
  3. 7:21 Lit 50 shekels