Any gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, or lead—
Zillah also had a son, Tubalcain, who made bronze and iron tools. Tubalcain’s sister was Naamah.
Iron is taken from the ground, and rocks are melted for ⌞their⌟ copper.
Moses, the priest Eleazar, and all the leaders of the community went outside the camp to meet them.
Then the priest Eleazar said to the soldiers who had gone into battle, “This is what the Lord’s teachings told Moses to do:
anything that won’t burn—must be put through fire in order to make it clean. Then it must also be put through the ritual water in order to take away its sin. Whatever might burn must ⌞only⌟ be put through the ritual water.
All the silver and gold and everything made of bronze and iron are holy and belong to the Lord. They must go into the Lord’s treasury.”
Israel took the loot and the livestock of that city for themselves, as the Lord had commanded Joshua.
