You are to do to Ai and its king what you did to Jericho and its king, but this time you may keep its goods and livestock for yourselves. Prepare to attack the city by surprise from the rear."

They came with all their soldiers---an army with as many men as there are grains of sand on the seashore. They also had many horses and chariots.

Everything that will not burn, such as gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, or lead, is to be purified by passing it through fire. Everything else is to be purified by the water for purification.

"You and Eleazar, together with the other leaders of the community, are to count everything that has been captured, including the prisoners and the animals.

all the animals in the forest are mine and the cattle on thousands of hills.

Don't I have the right to do as I wish with my own money? Or are you jealous because I am generous?' "