Deuteronomy 7:2
English Standard Version
2 (A)and when the Lord your God gives them over to you, and you defeat them, then you must (B)devote them to complete destruction.[a] (C)You shall make no covenant with them and show no mercy to them.
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- Deuteronomy 7:2 That is, set apart (devote) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction)
Deuteronomy 7:2
New International Version
2 and when the Lord your God has delivered(A) them over to you and you have defeated them, then you must destroy(B) them totally.[a](C) Make no treaty(D) with them, and show them no mercy.(E)
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- Deuteronomy 7:2 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them; also in verse 26.
Deuteronomy 13:15-17
English Standard Version
15 you shall surely put the inhabitants of that city to the sword, devoting it to destruction,[a] all who are in it and its cattle, with the edge of the sword. 16 You shall gather all its spoil into the midst of its open square and (A)burn the city and all its spoil with fire, as a whole burnt offering to the Lord your God. It shall be a (B)heap forever. It shall not be built again. 17 (C)None of the devoted things shall stick to your hand, (D)that the Lord may turn from the fierceness of his anger and show you mercy and have compassion on you and multiply you, (E)as he swore to your fathers,
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- Deuteronomy 13:15 That is, setting apart (devoting) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction)
Deuteronomy 13:15-17
New International Version
15 you must certainly put to the sword all who live in that town. You must destroy it completely,[a](A) both its people and its livestock.(B) 16 You are to gather all the plunder of the town into the middle of the public square and completely burn the town(C) and all its plunder as a whole burnt offering to the Lord your God.(D) That town is to remain a ruin(E) forever, never to be rebuilt, 17 and none of the condemned things[b] are to be found in your hands. Then the Lord will turn from his fierce anger,(F) will show you mercy,(G) and will have compassion(H) on you. He will increase your numbers,(I) as he promised(J) on oath to your ancestors—
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- Deuteronomy 13:15 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.
- Deuteronomy 13:17 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.
Deuteronomy 20:16
English Standard Version
16 But (A)in the cities of these peoples that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes,
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Deuteronomy 20:16
New International Version
16 However, in the cities of the nations the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, do not leave alive anything that breathes.(A)
Psalm 137:9
English Standard Version
9 Blessed shall he be who takes your little ones
and (A)dashes them against the rock!
Psalm 137:9
New International Version
9 Happy is the one who seizes your infants
and dashes them(A) against the rocks.
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