18. Don’t take any of the things that are to be destroyed as an offering to the Lord. If you take them and bring them into our camp, you yourselves will be destroyed, and you will bring trouble to all of Israel.
19. All the silver and gold and things made from bronze and iron belong to the Lord and must be saved for him.”
20. When the priests blew the trumpets, the people shouted. At the sound of the trumpets and the people’s shout, the walls fell, and everyone ran straight into the city. So the Israelites defeated that city.
21. They completely destroyed with the sword every living thing in the city—men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep, and donkeys.
22. Joshua said to the two men who had spied out the land, “Go into the prostitute’s house. Bring her out and bring out those who are with her, because of the promise you made to her.”
23. So the two men went into the house and brought out Rahab, her father, mother, brothers, and all those with her. They put all of her family in a safe place outside the camp of Israel.
24. Then Israel burned the whole city and everything in it, but they did not burn the things made from silver, gold, bronze, and iron. These were saved for the Lord.
25. Joshua saved Rahab the prostitute, her family, and all who were with her, because Rahab had helped the men he had sent to spy out Jericho. Rahab still lives among the Israelites today.
26. Then Joshua made this oath:“Anyone who tries to rebuild this city of Jerichowill be cursed by the Lord.The one who lays the foundation of this citywill lose his oldest son,and the one who sets up the gateswill lose his youngest son.”
27. So the Lord was with Joshua, and Joshua became famous through all the land.