6 occurrences in 12 translations

'Devote' in the Bible

and we capture all his cities at that time, and devote the whole city, men, and the women, and the infants -- we have not left a remnant;

Verse ConceptsAnnihilationNo SurvivorsExtermination

and we devote them, as we have done to Sihon king of Heshbon, devoting every city, men, the women, and the infants;

Verse ConceptsAnnihilationDestruction Of Cities

and Jehovah thy God hath given them before thee, and thou hast smitten them -- thou dost utterly devote them -- thou dost not make with them a covenant, nor dost thou favour them.

Verse ConceptsMercy, HumanForbidden AlliancesFellowship With WickedExterminationGod Without MercyThose God Gave Into Their Hands

Then you must come to the place the Lord your God chooses for his name to reside, bringing everything I am commanding you -- your burnt offerings, sacrifices, tithes, the personal offerings you have prepared, and all your choice votive offerings which you devote to him.

Verse ConceptsGiftsChoicesOfferingsSacred PlacesAnimal Sacrifices, Heave OfferingBringing In The TitheRegulating SacrificesA Place For God's NameTithes And Offering

then put the inhabitants of the town to death by the sword. Devote everything in it to divine destruction even its livestock by the sword.

Verse ConceptsTownExterminationApproval To KillBoth Men And Animals Killed

for thou dost certainly devote the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee,

Verse ConceptsExterminationgenocide

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