5 “‘If anyone sins because they do not speak up when they hear a public charge to testify^(A) regarding something they have seen or learned about, they will be held responsible.^(B)

¹⁹ Then Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory^(A) to the Lord, the God of Israel, and honor him. Tell^(B) me what you have done; do not hide it from me.”

³ And he said to me, “This is the curse^(A) that is going out over the whole land; for according to what it says on one side, every thief^(B) will be banished, and according to what it says on the other, everyone who swears falsely^(C) will be banished. ⁴ The Lord Almighty declares, ‘I will send it out, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of anyone who swears falsely^(D) by my name. It will remain in that house and destroy it completely, both its timbers and its stones.^(E)’”

²⁴ A second time they summoned the man who had been blind. “Give glory to God by telling the truth,”^(A) they said. “We know this man is a sinner.”^(B)