Numbers 21:2

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Then Israel made a vow to the LORD, saying, 'If You indeed deliver this people into our hands, we will completely destroy their cities.'

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  • Gen 28:20 : 20 Then Jacob made a vow, saying, 'If God will be with me and watch over me on this journey I am taking, and give me food to eat and clothes to wear,
  • Judg 11:30 : 30 And Jephthah made a vow to the Lord: 'If you give the Ammonites into my hands,
  • 1 Sam 1:11 : 11 She made a vow, saying, 'LORD of Hosts, if You will indeed look upon the affliction of Your servant and remember me, and not forget Your servant, but give Your servant a son, then I will give him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall ever touch his head.'
  • 2 Sam 15:7-8 : 7 At the end of forty years, Absalom said to the king, 'Please allow me to go to Hebron to fulfill a vow I made to the LORD.' 8 For your servant made a vow while I was living in Geshur in Aram, saying, ‘If the LORD brings me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the LORD.’
  • Ps 56:12-13 : 12 In God I have trusted; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? 13 I am bound by my vows to you, O God; I will present thank offerings to you.
  • Ps 116:18 : 18 I will fulfill my vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people.
  • Ps 132:2 : 2 He swore to the LORD, and made a vow to the Mighty One of Jacob:
  • 1 Cor 16:22 : 22 If anyone does not love the Lord, let them be accursed. Our Lord, come!
  • Lev 27:28-29 : 28 Anything that is devoted to the LORD, whether a person, an animal, or a field from one's possession, cannot be sold or redeemed; everything devoted is most holy to the LORD. 29 No person who has been devoted to destruction for the LORD may be redeemed; they must be put to death.
  • Deut 13:15 : 15 then you must inquire, investigate, and interrogate thoroughly. If the report is true and confirmed that such a detestable act has been done among you,
  • Josh 6:17 : 17 The city and all within it shall be devoted to the LORD for destruction. Only Rahab the prostitute and those with her in her house shall live, because she hid the messengers we sent.
  • Josh 6:26 : 26 At that time, Joshua pronounced this oath: 'Cursed before the LORD is the man who rises up to rebuild this city, Jericho; at the cost of his firstborn, he will lay its foundation; and at the cost of his youngest, he will set up its gates.'

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  • Num 21:3
    84%

    3The LORD listened to Israel’s request and gave the Canaanites into their hands. They utterly destroyed them and their cities, and the place was called Hormah.

  • Deut 20:15-17
    3 verses
    75%

    15This is what you shall do to all the cities that are very far from you, which are not part of the cities of these nations.

    16But in the cities of these peoples that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, do not leave alive anything that breathes.

    17Completely destroy them—the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—as the LORD your God has commanded you.

  • Judg 11:30
    74%

    30And Jephthah made a vow to the Lord: 'If you give the Ammonites into my hands,

  • Deut 7:2
    74%

    2and when the LORD your God delivers them over to you and you defeat them, you must devote them to complete destruction. Do not make a covenant with them or show them any mercy.

  • Num 21:1
    74%

    1When the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev, heard that Israel was taking the route through Atharim, he fought against Israel and captured some of them.

  • Josh 11:20-21
    2 verses
    74%

    20For it was the LORD's purpose to harden their hearts to engage in battle with Israel, so that they would be utterly destroyed, receiving no mercy, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

    21At that time Joshua came and destroyed the Anakim from the hill country, from Hebron, Debir, Anab, all the hill country of Judah, and all the hill country of Israel. Joshua devoted them and their cities to destruction.

  • Deut 3:6
    74%

    6We completely destroyed them, just as we had done to Sihon, king of Heshbon. In every city, we destroyed the men, women, and children.

  • Judg 1:17
    73%

    17Judah went with his brother Simeon, and together they defeated the Canaanites living in Zephath. They destroyed the city completely, and they named it Hormah.

  • Num 31:10
    73%

    10They burned all the towns where the Midianites had lived and all their encampments with fire.

  • Josh 10:30
    73%

    30The LORD gave Libnah into Israel's hands, along with its king. Joshua put the city and everyone in it to the sword, leaving no survivors. He treated its king as he had treated the king of Jericho.

  • Judg 21:11
    73%

    11This is what you are to do: Completely destroy every male and every woman who has had relations with a man.

  • Deut 31:4
    73%

    4And the LORD will do to them as he did to Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites, and to their land, whom he destroyed.

  • Judg 11:21
    72%

    21The Lord, the God of Israel, gave Sihon and all his people into Israel’s hand, and they defeated them. So Israel took possession of all the land of the Amorites, who lived in that territory.

  • Josh 11:12
    72%

    12Joshua captured all the cities of these kings and their kings as well. He struck them down with the sword and completely destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded.

  • Deut 13:15-16
    2 verses
    72%

    15then you must inquire, investigate, and interrogate thoroughly. If the report is true and confirmed that such a detestable act has been done among you,

    16you must surely strike down the inhabitants of that city with the sword, devoting it and all that is in it, including its livestock, to complete destruction.

  • Num 21:24-25
    2 verses
    72%

    24Israel defeated him with the sword and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as the Ammonites, for the border of the Ammonites was fortified.

    25Israel captured all the cities of the Amorites and settled in them, including Heshbon and all its villages.

  • Deut 2:34
    72%

    34At that time we captured all his cities and completely destroyed every city, including the men, women, and children; we left no survivors.

  • Deut 2:15
    71%

    15Indeed, the LORD's hand was against them, eliminating them from within the camp until they were all destroyed.

  • Jer 12:17
    71%

    17'But if they do not obey, I will completely uproot and destroy that nation,' declares the LORD.

  • Josh 6:21
    71%

    21They devoted to destruction everything in the city—men and women, young and old, as well as oxen, sheep, and donkeys—by the edge of the sword.

  • Josh 10:39-40
    2 verses
    71%

    39They captured it, its king, and all its villages. They struck them with the edge of the sword and completely destroyed everyone in it, leaving no survivors. They did to Debir and its king as they had done to Hebron, to Libnah, and its king.

    40So Joshua conquered the whole country—the hill country, the Negev, the lowland, and the slopes—along with all their kings. He left no survivors but devoted every living thing to destruction, just as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded.

  • Num 33:52
    71%

    52you must drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you, destroy all their stone images and cast idols, and demolish all their high places.

  • Deut 9:14
    71%

    14Let me alone, so I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven. Then I will make you into a nation stronger and more numerous than they are.'

  • Mic 5:14
    71%

    14In anger and wrath, I will execute vengeance on the nations that have not obeyed.

  • 2 Chr 31:1
    70%

    1When all this had been completed, all the Israelites who were present went out to the towns of Judah and broke the sacred pillars, cut down the Asherah poles, and demolished the high places and the altars throughout Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them completely. Then all the Israelites returned to their own cities, each to their own property.

  • Deut 12:2
    70%

    2Completely destroy all the places where the nations you are dispossessing worshiped their gods—on the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree.

  • Judg 2:2
    70%

    2But you must not make a covenant with the people who live in this land. Instead, you are to break down their altars. Yet you have not obeyed me. What is this that you have done?'

  • Josh 2:10
    70%

    10We have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red Sea for you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites east of the Jordan, whom you completely destroyed.

  • Deut 2:22
    70%

    22The LORD did the same for the descendants of Esau who lived in Seir when He destroyed the Horites before them. They drove them out and have lived in their place to this day.

  • Deut 7:23
    70%

    23But the LORD your God will deliver them over to you, throwing them into great panic until they are destroyed.

  • Judg 2:20
    70%

    20Therefore, the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and he said, 'Because this nation has violated the covenant I commanded their ancestors and has not listened to my voice,'

  • Josh 11:8
    70%

    8The LORD gave them into the hand of Israel, who struck them down and pursued them as far as Greater Sidon, Misrephoth Maim, and the valley of Mizpeh to the east. They struck them down until no survivors remained.

  • Josh 10:37
    70%

    37They captured it and struck it down with the edge of the sword, including its king, its villages, and every person in it. He left no survivors, just as he had done to Eglon. He utterly destroyed the city and everyone in it.

  • Deut 20:13
    70%

    13When the LORD your God delivers it into your hands, strike down every male there with the sword.

  • Num 21:31
    70%

    31So Israel lived in the land of the Amorites.

  • Josh 24:8
    70%

    8I brought you to the land of the Amorites who lived east of the Jordan. They fought against you, but I gave them into your hands. You took possession of their land, and I destroyed them before you.

  • Judg 2:15
    70%

    15Wherever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against them to bring disaster on them, as the LORD had said and sworn to them. And they were in great distress.

  • Mic 5:11
    70%

    11I will remove sorceries from your hand, and you will have no more soothsayers.

  • Deut 2:36
    69%

    36From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, and from the city in the valley, even to Gilead, not one city was too strong for us. The LORD our God gave them all into our hands.

  • Josh 7:12
    69%

    12That is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies; they turn their backs and run because they have been made liable to destruction. I will not be with you anymore unless you destroy whatever among you is devoted to destruction.