Deuteronomy 13:15
you must surely put the inhabitants of that city to the sword. Devote to destruction all its people and livestock.
Note Forms of the Hebrew cherem refer to the giving over of things or persons to the Lord, either by destroying them or by giving them as an offering; similarly in verse 17.
Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword.
you shall surely strike the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, with all that is therein and its livestock, with the edge of the sword.
thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword.
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Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- destroying it utterly
- Deuteronomy 2:34; Deuteronomy 7:2, 16; Exodus 22:20; Exodus 23:24; Leviticus 27:28; Joshua 6:17–21, 24; Judges 20:48; Revelation 17:16; Revelation 18:18–24; Revelation 19:2, 3