Deuteronomy 13:16-18

16 You are to gather all the plunder of the town into the middle of the public square and completely burn the town and all its plunder as a whole burnt offering to the LORD your God. That town is to remain a ruin forever, never to be rebuilt,
17 and none of the condemned things[a] are to be found in your hands. Then the LORD will turn from his fierce anger, will show you mercy, and will have compassion on you. He will increase your numbers, as he promised on oath to your ancestors—
18 because you obey the LORD your God by keeping all his commands that I am giving you today and doing what is right in his eyes.

Cross References 9

  • 1. 2 Kings 25:9; Jeremiah 39:8; Jeremiah 52:13; Ezekiel 16:41
  • 2. Deuteronomy 7:25,26; Joshua 6:24
  • 3. Joshua 8:28; Isaiah 7:16; Isaiah 17:1; Isaiah 24:10; Isaiah 25:2; Isaiah 27:10; Isaiah 32:14,19; Isaiah 37:26; Jeremiah 49:2; Micah 1:6
  • 4. Exodus 32:12; Numbers 25:4
  • 5. S Genesis 43:14
  • 6. Deuteronomy 30:3
  • 7. S Deuteronomy 7:13
  • 8. S Genesis 12:2; S Genesis 13:14; S Genesis 26:24; Genesis 22:17; Genesis 26:4,24; Genesis 28:14
  • 9. S Deuteronomy 12:25; Deuteronomy 12:25,28

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.
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