SEV Biblia, Chapter 7:20
Y Acán respondió a Josué, diciendo: Verdaderamente yo he pecado contra el SEÑOR el Dios de Israel, y he hecho así y así.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Joshua 7:20
Verse 20. I have sinned against the Lord God] This seems a very honest and hearty confession, and there is hope that this poor culprit escaped perdition.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 20. And Achan answered Joshua, and said , etc.] 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.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 16-26 - See the folly of those that promise themselves secrecy in sin. The righteous God has many ways of bringing to light the hidden works of darkness. See also, how much it is our concern, when God is contendin with us, to find out the cause that troubles us. We must pray with holy Job, Lord, show me wherefore thou contendest with me. Achan's sin bega in the eye. He saw these fine things, as Eve saw the forbidden fruit See what comes of suffering the heart to walk after the eyes, and what need we have to make this covenant with our eyes, that if they wande they shall be sure to weep for it. It proceeded out of the heart. The that would be kept from sinful actions, must mortify and check i themselves sinful desires, particularly the desire of worldly wealth Had Achan looked upon these things with an eye of faith, he would have seen they were accursed things, and would have dreaded them; but looking on them with an eye of sense only, he saw them as goodl things, and coveted them. When he had committed the sin, he tried to hide it. As soon as he had got this plunder, it became his burden, an he dared not to use his ill-gotten treasure. So differently do object of temptation appear at a distance, to what they do when they have bee gotten. See the deceitfulness of sin; that which is pleasing in the commission, is bitter in the reflection. See how they will be deceive that rob God. Sin is a very troublesome thing, not only to a sinne himself, but to all about him. The righteous God will certainl recompense tribulation to them that trouble his people. Achan perishe not alone in his sin. They lose their own, who grasp at more than their own. His sons and daughters were put to death with him. It is probabl that they helped to hide the things; they must have known of them. What fatal consequences follow, even in this world, to the sinner himself and to all belonging him! One sinner destroys much good. What, then will be the wrath to come? Let us flee from it to Christ Jesus as the sinner's Friend. There are circumstances in the confession of Achan marking the progress of sin, from its first entrance into the heart to its being done, which may serve as the history of almost every offenc against the law of God, and the sacrifice of Jesus Christ __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
ויען 6030 עכן 5912 את 853 יהושׁע 3091 ויאמר 559 אמנה 546 אנכי 595 חטאתי 2398 ליהוה 3068 אלהי 430 ישׂראל 3478 וכזאת 2063 וכזאת 2063 עשׂיתי׃ 6213
