4. now, you have an opportunity to test your understanding of the cultural context of the passage you have just read.
what does the highlighted sentence of this passage suggest about the values of those who told this story?
it happened on the seventh day, that they rose early at the dawning of the day, and marched around the city in the same way
seven times. only on this day they marched around the city seven times. it happened at the seventh time, when the priests blew
the trumpets, joshua said to the people, "shout, for yahweh has given you the city! the city shall be devoted, even it and all
that is in it, to yahweh. only shall live, she and all who are with her in the house, because she hid the
messengers that we sent. but as for you, only keep yourselves from the devoted thing, lest when you have devoted it, you
take of the devoted thing; so would you make the camp of israel accursed, and trouble it. but all the silver, and gold, and
vessels of brass and iron, are holy to yahweh. they shall come into yahweh's treasury."
a. it tells about the storytellers' values; they must have honored loyalty to those who
assisted them.
b. it tells about the storytellers' lifestyle; they must have been vegetarians.
c. it tells about the storytellers' customs; they must have worshipped goddesses for
protection
d. it tells about the storytellers' setting, which must have been a forested area.