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19 Everything that is made from silver, gold, bronze and iron belong to the Lord as his holy things. You must store them with his other valuable things.’

20 When the trumpets made a noise, all the people gave a loud shout to attack the city. When they did this, the walls of the city fell down. All the soldiers went up into the city. They went straight in and they took the city for themselves. 21 They destroyed everything that lived in the city, as a gift to the Lord. With their weapons, they killed men and women, young people and old people, as well as cows, sheep and donkeys.

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19 All the silver and gold and the articles of bronze and iron(A) are sacred to the Lord and must go into his treasury.”

20 When the trumpets sounded,(B) the army shouted, and at the sound of the trumpet, when the men gave a loud shout,(C) the wall collapsed; so everyone charged straight in, and they took the city.(D) 21 They devoted(E) the city to the Lord and destroyed(F) with the sword every living thing in it—men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep and donkeys.

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