Verse 16
Deuteronomy 13:16
Literal Standard Version
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And you gather all its spoil into the midst of its broad place, and have completely burned the city and all its spoil with fire for your God (Elohim) YHWH, and it has been a continuous heap, it is not built anymore;
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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“When a prophet or a dreamer of a dream arises in your midst, and he has given a sign or wonder to y...
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and the sign and the wonder has come to pass, which he has spoken of to you, saying, Let us go after...
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you do not listen to the words of that prophet or to that dreamer of the dream, for your God (Elohim...
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you walk after your God (Elohim) YHWH, and you fear Him, and you keep His commands, and you listen t...
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And that prophet or that dreamer of the dream is put to death, for he has spoken apostasy against yo...
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When your brother, son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or...
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of the gods of the peoples who are around you, who are near to you, or who are far off from you, fro...
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you do not consent to him, nor listen to him, nor does your eye have pity on him, nor do you spare,...
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But you surely kill him; your hand is on him in the first place to put him to death, and the hand of...
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and you have stoned him with stones and he has died, for he has sought to drive you away from your G...
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and all Israel hears and fears, and does not add to do like this evil thing in your midst.
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When you hear someone in one of your cities, which your God (Elohim) YHWH is giving to you to dwell...
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Men, sons of worthlessness, have gone out of your midst, and they force away the inhabitants of thei...
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then you have inquired, and searched, and asked diligently, and behold, if truth, the thing is estab...
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you surely strike the inhabitants of that city by the mouth of the sword, devoting it and all that i...
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And you gather all its spoil into the midst of its broad place, and have completely burned the city...
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and nothing from any of that which is devoted stays in your hand, so that YHWH turns back from the f...
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because you listen to the voice of your God (Elohim) YHWH, to keep all his commands which I am comma...
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