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15 then you shall certainly strike down the inhabitants of that town with the edge[a] of the sword; you shall destroy it and everything in it, its domestic animals with the edge[b] of the sword. 16 And then you shall gather all of its booty into the middle of its public square, and you shall burn the town and all of its war-booty totally for Yahweh your God, and it shall be a pile of rubble forever;[c] it shall not be built again. 17 And let not something cling to your hand from the things devoted to destruction, so that Yahweh may turn back from his burning anger,[d] and he may show compassion to you and he may continue to show compassion and so multiply you just as he swore[e] to your ancestors,[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 13:15 Literally “mouth”
  2. Deuteronomy 13:15 Literally “mouth”
  3. Deuteronomy 13:16 Literally “a tell/ruin forever”
  4. Deuteronomy 13:17 Literally “from the burning of his nose”
  5. Deuteronomy 13:17 Literally “as that he swore”
  6. Deuteronomy 13:17 Or “fathers”