So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel near by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken:
"I saw ...  I coveted ...  I took ..." Behold here the three steps in the commission of sin, these being exactly the same steps taken by our mother Eve in the Paradise of Eden.  "Sin always begins in the mind.  As a work of art begins in the mind, and then is externalized, so also does sin."[13]  Dummelow pointed out that Achan's confession is of special interest, because, "Its wording is practically identical with that of the traditional form of confession which was used by those who brought sin and trespass-offerings, as enjoined in  Leviticus 5:5, and in  Numbers 5:6.7."[14] Matthew Henry pointed out that "Sin often begins in the eye."[15]  Examples of this which he cited included those suggested by the following: (1) look not thou upon the wine that giveth his colour in the cup; (2) nor upon the woman that is fair; (3) nor upon the kingdoms of this world as Satan showed them to Jesus.