Joshua 7:20

There is a special interest about this confession of Achan's, because its wording is practically identical with that of the traditional form of confession which seems to have been used by those who brought sin and trespass offerings. A particular confession is enjoined in such passages as Leviticus 5:6; Numbers 5:6; Numbers 5:7. The form was as follows: 'I have sinned, I have done perversely, I have rebelled, and thus' (here follows detailed confession) 'have I done, but I return in penitence before Thee, and let this victim be my expiation.'