'Answered' in the Bible

And they answered Joshua, saying, "All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you will send us we will go.

And Achan answered Joshua and said, "It is true. I have sinned against Yahweh the God of Israel, and this is what I did:

And they answered Joshua and said, "Because it was told with certainty to your servants that Yahweh your God commanded Moses his servant to give to you all the land and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land before you, so we were very afraid for our lives because of you, and so we did this thing.

And the people answered and said, "Far be it from us that we would forsake Yahweh to serve other gods,