¹⁶ And then you shall gather all of its booty into the middle of its public square, and you shall burn the town and all of its war-booty totally for Yahweh your God, and it shall be a pile of rubble forever;^[a] it shall not be built again. ¹⁷ And let not something cling to your hand from the things devoted to destruction, so that Yahweh may turn back from his burning anger,^[b] and he may show compassion to you and he may continue to show compassion and so multiply you just as he swore^[c] to your ancestors,^{[d] 18} if you listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, to keep all of his commandments that I am commanding to you today^[e] so as to do the right thing in the eyes of Yahweh your God.”