18 Notwithstanding, be ye ware of the execrable thing, lest ye make yourselves execrable, and in taking of the execrable thing, make also the host of Israel (A)execrable, and trouble it.

19 But all silver, and gold, and vessels of brass, and iron shall be [a]consecrate unto the Lord, and shall come into the Lord’s treasury.

20 So the people shouted, when they had blown trumpets: for when the people had heard the sound of the trumpets, they shouted with a great shout: and the (B)wall fell down flat: so the people went up into the city, every man straight before him: and they took the city.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 6:19 And therefore cannot be put to any private use, but must be first molten, and then serve for the Tabernacle.

18 But keep away from the devoted things,(A) so that you will not bring about your own destruction by taking any of them. Otherwise you will make the camp of Israel liable to destruction(B) and bring trouble(C) on it. 19 All the silver and gold and the articles of bronze and iron(D) are sacred to the Lord and must go into his treasury.”

20 When the trumpets sounded,(E) the army shouted, and at the sound of the trumpet, when the men gave a loud shout,(F) the wall collapsed; so everyone charged straight in, and they took the city.(G)

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