¹⁸ But keep yourselves from the things set apart, or you will be set apart for destruction. If you^[a] take any of those things, you will set apart the camp of Israel for destruction and bring disaster on it. ¹⁹ For all the silver and gold, and the articles of bronze and iron, are dedicated to the Lord and must go into the Lord’s treasury.”

²⁰ So the people shouted, and the trumpets sounded. When they heard the blast of the trumpet, the people gave a great shout, and the wall collapsed.^(A) The people advanced into the city, each man straight ahead, and they captured the city.