24. They burned up the city and everything in it, but they put the silver and gold and the articles of bronze and iron into the treasury of the Lord’s house.
25. However, Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, her father’s household, and all who belonged to her, because she hid the men Joshua had sent to spy on Jericho, and she lives in Israel to this day.
26. At that time Joshua imposed this curse:The man who undertakesthe rebuilding of this city, Jericho,is cursed before the Lord. He will lay its foundationat the cost of his firstborn;he will set up its gatesat the cost of his youngest.
27. And the Lord was with Joshua, and his fame spread throughout the land.