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Joshua 7:19Josh.7.19

And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the LORD God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide [it] not from me.

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Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Josué dit à Acan: Mon fils, donne gloire à l'Eternel, le Dieu d'Israël, et rends-lui hommage. Dis-moi donc ce que tu as fait, ne me le cache point.

KJV

And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the LORD God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide [it] not from me.

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  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    n, give glory to the Lord God of Israel, and confess and tell me what thou hast done, hide it not" ( Joshua 7:19 ). Therefore it is a mortal sin to lie in order to cover one's guilt. I answer that, Whoever acts against the due order of justice, sins mortally, as stated above ( Q[…

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