Genesis 42:21

21Then they said to one another, a“In truth we are guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us and we did not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.”

Leviticus 4:22

22“When a leader sins, bdoing unintentionally any one of all the things that by the commandments of the Lord his God ought not to be done, and realizes his guilt,

Numbers 5:6-7

6Speak to the people of Israel, cWhen a man or woman commits any of the sins that people commit by breaking faith with the Lord, and that person realizes his guilt, 7 dhe shall confess his sin that he has committed.
Hebrew they shall confess their sin that they have committed
fAnd he shall make full restitution for his wrong, adding a fifth to it and giving it to him to whom he did the wrong.
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