¹⁶ The seventh time around, when the priests sounded the trumpet blast, Joshua commanded the army, “Shout! For the Lord has given you the city!^{(A) 17} The city and all that is in it are to be devoted^[a](B) to the Lord. Only Rahab the prostitute^(C) and all who are with her in her house shall be spared, because she hid^(D) the spies we sent. ¹⁸ But keep away from the devoted things,^(E) 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^(F) and bring trouble^(G) on it.