I acknowledge my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto YY ; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto YY , I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O YY , take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.
Wherefore hast thou despised The Commandment of YY , to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriay-yahu the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
And Y'howshu`a said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to YY Elohim of Yisrael, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me.
Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against YY thy Elohim, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith YY .
How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but Elohim knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of Elohim.
Is Efrayim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith YY .
And David spake unto YY when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's house.
And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee, and give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them:
Then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy people Yisrael, when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house:
Now therefore make confession unto YY Elohim of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives.