Verse 16
Deuteronomy 13:16
American Standard Version
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And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, unto Jehovah thy God (Elohim): and it shall be a heap for ever; it shall not be built again.
Original Language Text
hebrew
הַכֵּ֣ה תַכֶּ֗ה אֶת יֹֽשְׁבֵ֛י הָ/עִ֥יר ה/הוא הַ/הִ֖יא לְ/פִי חָ֑רֶב הַחֲרֵ֨ם אֹתָ֧/הּ וְ/אֶת כָּל אֲשֶׁר בָּ֛/הּ וְ/אֶת בְּהֶמְתָּ֖/הּ לְ/פִי חָֽרֶב
English Translation
You shall strike the inhabitants of the city; he, she, and all that is in it, and its livestock, you shall strike with the sword.
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Chapter 13 Context
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If there arise in the midst of thee a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and he give thee a sign or a...
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and the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other g...
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thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or unto that dreamer of dreams: for Jehovah y...
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Ye shall walk after Jehovah your God (Elohim), and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his...
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And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death, because he hath spoken rebellion...
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If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy...
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of the gods of the peoples that are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the...
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thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither sha...
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but thou shalt surely kill him; thy hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards...
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10
And thou shalt stone him to death with stones, because he hath sought to draw thee away from Jehovah...
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And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do not more any such wickedness as this is in the mid...
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If thou shalt hear tell concerning one of thy cities, which Jehovah thy God (Elohim) giveth thee to...
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Certain base fellows are gone out from the midst of thee, and have drawn away the inhabitants of the...
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then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the t...
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thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utter...
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And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with...
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And there shall cleave nought of the devoted thing to thy hand; that Jehovah may turn from the fierc...
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when thou shalt hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God (Elohim), to keep all his commandments which...
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