Deuteronomy 13:15
Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword.
KJV
statim percuties habitatores urbis illius in ore gladii, et delebis eam ac omnia quæ in illa sunt, usque ad pecora.
Vulgate
ἀναιρῶν ἀνελεῖς πάντας τοὺς κατοικοῦντας ἐν τῇ γῇ ἐκείνῃ ἐν φόνῳ μαχαίρας, ἀναθέματι ἀναθεματιεῖτε αὐτὴν καὶ πάντα τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ·
LXX
thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword.
ASV
וְ/דָרַשְׁתָּ֧ וְ/חָקַרְתָּ֧ וְ/שָׁאַלְתָּ֖ הֵיטֵ֑ב וְ/הִנֵּ֤ה אֱמֶת֙ נָכ֣וֹן הַ/דָּבָ֔ר נֶעֶשְׂתָ֛ה הַ/תּוֹעֵבָ֥ה הַ/זֹּ֖את בְּ/קִרְבֶּֽ/ךָ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Deut 7:2 — And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:
- Exod 22:20 — He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.
- Josh 7:15 — And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he hath wrought fol
- Judg 20:48 — And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of every city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on fi
- Lev 27:28 — Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the LORD of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing i
- Num 21:2 — And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.
- Ps 106:30 — Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed.