Deuteronomy 13:15

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Summary

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.

Destroying it utterly

General references

Psalm 106:30

Bible References

Destroying it utterly

So we captured all his cities at that time and

utterly destroyed the men, women and children of every city. We left no survivor.

and when the Lord your God delivers them before you and you defeat them, then you shall utterly destroy them. You shall make no covenant with them and show no favor to them.

“He who sacrifices to any god, other than to the Lord alone, shall be utterly destroyed.

You shall not worship their gods, nor serve them, nor do according to their deeds; but you shall utterly overthrow them and break their sacred pillars in pieces.

‘Nevertheless, anything which a man sets apart to the Lord out of all that he has, of man or animal or of the fields of his own property, shall not be sold or redeemed. Anything devoted to destruction is most holy to the Lord.

The city shall be under the ban, it and all that is in it belongs to the Lord; only Rahab the harlot and all who are with her in the house shall live, because she hid the messengers whom we sent.

The men of Israel then turned back against the sons of Benjamin and struck them with the edge of the sword, both the entire city with the cattle and all that they found; they also set on fire all the cities which they found.

And the ten horns which you saw, and the beast, these will hate the harlot and will make her desolate and naked, and will eat her flesh and will burn her up with fire.

and were crying out as they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, ‘What city is like the great city?’

because His

judgments are

true and righteous; for He has judged the great harlot who was corrupting the earth with her immorality, and He has

avenged the blood of His bond-servants

on her.”

General references

Then Phinehas stood up and interposed,
And so the plague was stayed.