¹¹ They took all the plunder and spoils, including the people and animals,^{(A) 12} and brought the captives, spoils^(B) and plunder to Moses and Eleazar the priest and the Israelite assembly^(C) at their camp on the plains of Moab, by the Jordan across from Jericho.^(D)

²¹ Then Eleazar the priest said to the soldiers who had gone into battle,^(A) “This is what is required by the law that the Lord gave Moses: ²² Gold, silver, bronze, iron,^(B) tin, lead ²³ and anything else that can withstand fire must be put through the fire,^(C) and then it will be clean. But it must also be purified with the water of cleansing.^(D) And whatever cannot withstand fire must be put through that water.