^{17 Ref} And the town will be put to the curse, and everything in it will be given to the Lord: only Rahab, the loose woman, and all who are in the house with her, will be kept safe, because she kept secret the men we sent.

^{18 Ref} And as for you, keep yourselves from the cursed thing, for fear that you may get a desire for it and take some of it for yourselves, and so be the cause of a curse and great trouble on the tents of Israel.

^{19 Ref} But all the silver and gold and the vessels of brass and iron are holy to the Lord: they are to come into the store-house of the Lord.

^{20 Ref} So the people gave a loud cry, and the horns were sounded; and on hearing the horns the people gave a loud cry, and the wall came down flat, so that the people went up into the town, every man going straight before him, and they took the town.

^{21 Ref} And they put everything in the town to the curse; men and women, young and old, ox and sheep and ass, they put to death without mercy.