Verse 16

But of the cities{H5892} of these peoples,{H5971} that Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth{H5414} thee for an inheritance,{H5159} thou shalt save alive{H2421} nothing that breatheth;{H5397}

Referenced Verses

  • Josh 11:14 : 14 And all the spoil{H7998} of these cities,{H5892} and the cattle,{H929} the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} took for a prey{H962} unto themselves; but every man{H120} they smote{H5221} with the edge{H6310} of the sword,{H2719} until they had destroyed{H8045} them, neither left{H7604} they any that breathed.{H5397}
  • Num 21:2-3 : 2 And Israel{H3478} vowed{H5087} a vow{H5088} unto Jehovah,{H3068} and said,{H559} If thou wilt indeed{H5414} deliver{H5414} this people{H5971} into my hand,{H3027} then I will utterly destroy{H2763} their cities.{H5892} 3 And Jehovah{H3068} hearkened{H8085} to the voice{H6963} of Israel,{H3478} and delivered up{H5414} the Canaanites;{H3669} and they utterly destroyed{H2763} them and their cities:{H5892} and the name{H8034} of the place{H4725} was called{H7121} Hormah.{H2767}
  • Num 33:52 : 52 then ye shall drive out{H3423} all the inhabitants{H3427} of the land{H776} from before{H6440} you, and destroy{H6} all their figured{H4906} [stones], and destroy{H6} all their molten{H4541} images,{H6754} and demolish{H8045} all their high places:{H1116}
  • Deut 7:1-4 : 1 When Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} shall bring{H935} thee into the land{H776} whither thou goest{H935} to possess{H3423} it, and shall cast out{H5394} many{H7227} nations{H1471} before{H6440} thee, the Hittite,{H2850} and the Girgashite,{H1622} and the Amorite,{H567} and the Canaanite,{H3669} and the Perizzite,{H6522} and the Hivite,{H2340} and the Jebusite,{H2983} seven{H7651} nations{H1471} greater{H7227} and mightier{H6099} than thou; 2 and when Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} shall deliver{H5414} them up before{H6440} thee, and thou shalt smite{H5221} them; then thou shalt utterly{H2763} destroy{H2763} them: thou shalt make{H3772} no covenant{H1285} with them, nor show mercy{H2603} unto them; 3 neither shalt thou make marriages{H2859} with them; thy daughter{H1323} thou shalt not give{H5414} unto his son,{H1121} nor his daughter{H1323} shalt thou take{H3947} unto thy son.{H1121} 4 For he will turn away{H5493} thy son{H1121} from following{H310} me, that they may serve{H5647} other{H312} gods:{H430} so will the anger{H639} of Jehovah{H3068} be kindled{H2734} against you, and he will destroy{H8045} thee quickly.{H4118}
  • Deut 7:16 : 16 And thou shalt consume{H398} all the peoples{H5971} that Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} shall deliver{H5414} unto thee; thine eye{H5869} shall not pity{H2347} them: neither shalt thou serve{H5647} their gods;{H430} for that will be a snare{H4170} unto thee.
  • Josh 6:17-21 : 17 And the city{H5892} shall be devoted,{H2764} even it and all that is therein, to Jehovah:{H3068} only Rahab{H7343} the harlot{H2181} shall live,{H2421} she and all that are with her in the house,{H1004} because she hid{H2244} the messengers{H4397} that we sent.{H7971} 18 But as for you, only{H7535} keep{H8104} yourselves from the devoted thing,{H2764} lest when ye have devoted{H2763} it, ye take{H3947} of the devoted thing;{H2764} so would ye make{H7760} the camp{H4264} of Israel{H3478} accursed,{H2764} and trouble{H5916} it. 19 But all the silver,{H3701} and gold,{H2091} and vessels{H3627} of brass{H5178} and iron,{H1270} are holy{H6944} unto Jehovah:{H3068} they shall come{H935} into the treasury{H214} of Jehovah.{H3068} 20 So the people{H5971} shouted,{H7321} and [the priests] blew{H8628} the trumpets;{H7782} and it came to pass, when the people{H5971} heard{H8085} the sound{H6963} of the trumpet,{H7782} that the people{H5971} shouted{H7321} with a great{H1419} shout,{H8643} and the wall{H2346} fell down flat,{H5307} so that the people{H5971} went up{H5927} into the city,{H5892} every man{H376} straight before him, and they took{H3920} the city.{H5892} 21 And they utterly destroyed{H2763} all that was in the city,{H5892} both man{H376} and woman,{H802} both young{H5288} and old,{H2205} and ox,{H7794} and sheep,{H7716} and ass,{H2543} with the edge{H6310} of the sword.{H2719}
  • Josh 9:24 : 24 And they answered{H6030} Joshua,{H3091} and said,{H559} Because it was certainly{H5046} told{H5046} thy servants,{H5650} how that Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} commanded{H6680} his servant{H5650} Moses{H4872} to give{H5414} you all the land,{H776} and to destroy{H8045} all the inhabitants{H3427} of the land{H776} from before{H6440} you; therefore we were sore{H3966} afraid{H3372} for our lives{H5315} because{H6440} of you, and have done{H6213} this thing.{H1697}
  • Josh 9:27 : 27 And Joshua{H3091} made{H5414} them that day{H3117} hewers{H2404} of wood{H6086} and drawers{H7579} of water{H4325} for the congregation,{H5712} and for the altar{H4196} of Jehovah,{H3068} unto this day,{H3117} in the place{H4725} which he should choose.{H977}
  • Josh 10:28 : 28 And Joshua{H3091} took{H3920} Makkedah{H4719} on that day,{H3117} and smote{H5221} it with the edge{H6310} of the sword,{H2719} and the king{H4428} thereof: he utterly destroyed{H2763} them and all the souls{H5315} that were therein; he left{H7604} none remaining;{H8300} and he did{H6213} to the king{H4428} of Makkedah{H4719} as he had done{H6213} unto the king{H4428} of Jericho.{H3405}
  • Josh 10:40 : 40 So Joshua{H3091} smote{H5221} all the land,{H776} the hill-country,{H2022} and the South,{H5045} and the lowland,{H8219} and the slopes,{H794} and all their kings:{H4428} he left{H7604} none remaining,{H8300} but he utterly destroyed{H2763} all that breathed,{H5397} as Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} commanded.{H6680}
  • Josh 11:11-12 : 11 And they smote{H5221} all the souls{H5315} that were therein with the edge{H6310} of the sword,{H2719} utterly destroying{H2763} them; there was none left{H3498} that breathed:{H5397} and he burnt{H8313} Hazor{H2674} with fire.{H784} 12 And all the cities{H5892} of those kings,{H4428} and all the kings{H4428} of them, did Joshua{H3091} take,{H3920} and he smote{H5221} them with the edge{H6310} of the sword,{H2719} and utterly destroyed{H2763} them; as Moses{H4872} the servant{H5650} of Jehovah{H3068} commanded.{H6680}
  • Num 21:35 : 35 So they smote{H5221} him, and his sons{H1121} and all his people,{H5971} until there was none{H1115} left{H7604} him remaining:{H8300} and they possessed{H3423} his land.{H776}
  • Exod 23:31-33 : 31 And I will set{H7896} thy border{H1366} from the Red{H5488} Sea{H3220} even unto the sea{H3220} of the Philistines,{H6430} and from the wilderness{H4057} unto the River:{H5104} for I will deliver{H5414} the inhabitants{H3427} of the land{H776} into your hand;{H3027} and thou shalt drive them out{H1644} before{H6440} thee. 32 Thou shalt make{H3772} no covenant{H1285} with them, nor with their gods.{H430} 33 They shall not dwell{H3427} in thy land,{H776} lest they make thee sin{H2398} against me; for if thou serve{H5647} their gods,{H430} it will surely be a snare{H4170} unto thee.