Then they said to him, ‘Tell us who is to blame for this trouble we’re in. What is your business, and where are you from? What is your country, and what people are you from? ’
Then David said to him, ‘Who do you belong to? Where are you from? ’ ‘I’m an Egyptian, the slave of an Amalekite man,’ he said. ‘My master abandoned me when I got ill three days ago.
So Joshua said to Achan, ‘My son, give glory to the Lord, the God of Israel, and make a confession to him. I urge you, tell me what you have done. Don’t hide anything from me.’
Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is very powerful in its effect.