The person is to confess the sin he has committed. He is to pay full compensation, add a fifth of its value to it, and give it to the individual he has wronged.
‘But when they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their ancestors #– #their unfaithfulness that they practised against me, and how they acted with hostility towards me,
Aaron will lay both his hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the Israelites’ iniquities and rebellious acts #– #all their sins. He is to put them on the goat’s head and send it away into the wilderness by the man appointed for the task.
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.’
I prayed to the Lord my God and confessed: Ah, Lord #– #the great and awe-inspiring God who keeps his gracious covenant with those who love him and keep his commands #– #
Only acknowledge your guilt – you have rebelled against the Lord your God. You have scattered your favours to strangers under every green tree and have not obeyed me. This is the Lord’s declaration.
In this way the priest will make atonement on his behalf concerning the sin he has committed in any of these cases, and he will be forgiven. The rest will belong to the priest, like the grain offering.’