Verse 16

But of the cities{H5892} of these people{H5971}, which the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} doth give{H5414}{(H8802)} thee for an inheritance{H5159}, thou shalt save alive{H2421}{(H8762)} 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}{(H8804)} unto themselves; but every man{H120} they smote{H5221}{(H8689)} with the edge{H6310} of the sword{H2719}, until they had destroyed{H8045}{(H8687)} them, neither left{H7604}{(H8689)} they any to breathe{H5397}.
  • Num 21:2-3 : 2 And Israel{H3478} vowed{H5087}{(H8799)} a vow{H5088} unto the LORD{H3068}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, If thou wilt indeed{H5414}{(H8800)} deliver{H5414}{(H8799)} this people{H5971} into my hand{H3027}, then I will utterly destroy{H2763}{(H8689)} their cities{H5892}. 3 And the LORD{H3068} hearkened{H8085}{(H8799)} to the voice{H6963} of Israel{H3478}, and delivered up{H5414}{(H8799)} the Canaanites{H3669}; and they utterly destroyed{H2763}{(H8686)} them and their cities{H5892}: and he called{H7121}{(H8799)} the name{H8034} of the place{H4725} Hormah{H2767}.
  • Num 33:52 : 52 Then ye shall drive out{H3423}{(H8689)} all the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of the land{H776} from before{H6440} you, and destroy{H6}{(H8765)} all their pictures{H4906}, and destroy{H6}{(H8762)} all their molten{H4541} images{H6754}, and quite pluck down{H8045}{(H8686)} all their high places{H1116}:
  • Deut 7:1-4 : 1 When the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} shall bring{H935}{(H8686)} thee into the land{H776} whither thou goest{H935}{(H8802)} to possess{H3423}{(H8800)} it, and hath cast out{H5394}{(H8804)} many{H7227} nations{H1471} before{H6440} thee, the Hittites{H2850}, and the Girgashites{H1622}, and the Amorites{H567}, and the Canaanites{H3669}, and the Perizzites{H6522}, and the Hivites{H2340}, and the Jebusites{H2983}, seven{H7651} nations{H1471} greater{H7227} and mightier{H6099} than thou; 2 And when the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} shall deliver{H5414}{(H8804)} them before{H6440} thee; thou shalt smite{H5221}{(H8689)} them, and utterly{H2763}{(H8687)} destroy{H2763}{(H8686)} them; thou shalt make{H3772}{(H8799)} no covenant{H1285} with them, nor shew mercy{H2603}{(H8799)} unto them: 3 Neither shalt thou make marriages{H2859}{(H8691)} with them; thy daughter{H1323} thou shalt not give{H5414}{(H8799)} unto his son{H1121}, nor his daughter{H1323} shalt thou take{H3947}{(H8799)} unto thy son{H1121}. 4 For they will turn away{H5493}{(H8686)} thy son{H1121} from following{H310} me, that they may serve{H5647}{(H8804)} other{H312} gods{H430}: so will the anger{H639} of the LORD{H3068} be kindled{H2734}{(H8804)} against you, and destroy{H8045}{(H8689)} thee suddenly{H4118}.
  • Deut 7:16 : 16 And thou shalt consume{H398}{(H8804)} all the people{H5971} which the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} shall deliver{H5414}{(H8802)} thee; thine eye{H5869} shall have no pity{H2347}{(H8799)} upon them: neither shalt thou serve{H5647}{(H8799)} their gods{H430}; for that will be a snare{H4170} unto thee.
  • Josh 6:17-21 : 17 And the city{H5892} shall be accursed{H2764}, even it, and all that are therein, to the LORD{H3068}: only Rahab{H7343} the harlot{H2181}{(H8802)} shall live{H2421}{(H8799)}, she and all that are with her in the house{H1004}, because she hid{H2244}{(H8689)} the messengers{H4397} that we sent{H7971}{(H8804)}. 18 And ye, in any wise{H7535} keep{H8104}{(H8798)} yourselves from the accursed thing{H2764}, lest ye make yourselves accursed{H2763}{(H8686)}, when ye take{H3947}{(H8804)} of the accursed thing{H2764}, and make{H7760}{(H8804)} the camp{H4264} of Israel{H3478} a curse{H2764}, and trouble{H5916}{(H8804)} it. 19 But all the silver{H3701}, and gold{H2091}, and vessels{H3627} of brass{H5178} and iron{H1270}, are consecrated{H6944} unto the LORD{H3068}: they shall come{H935}{(H8799)} into the treasury{H214} of the LORD{H3068}. 20 So the people{H5971} shouted{H7321}{(H8686)} when the priests blew{H8628}{(H8799)} with the trumpets{H7782}: and it came to pass, when the people{H5971} heard{H8085}{(H8800)} the sound{H6963} of the trumpet{H7782}, and the people{H5971} shouted{H7321}{(H8686)} with a great{H1419} shout{H8643}, that the wall{H2346} fell down flat{H5307}{(H8799)}, so that the people{H5971} went up{H5927}{(H8799)} into the city{H5892}, every man{H376} straight before him, and they took{H3920}{(H8799)} the city{H5892}. 21 And they utterly destroyed{H2763}{(H8686)} all that was in the city{H5892}, both man{H376} and woman{H802}, 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}{(H8799)} Joshua{H3091}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Because it was certainly{H5046}{(H8715)} told{H5046}{(H8717)} thy servants{H5650}, how that the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} commanded{H6680}{(H8765)} his servant{H5650} Moses{H4872} to give{H5414}{(H8800)} you all the land{H776}, and to destroy{H8045}{(H8687)} all the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of the land{H776} from before{H6440} you, therefore we were sore{H3966} afraid{H3372}{(H8799)} of our lives{H5315} because{H6440} of you, and have done{H6213}{(H8799)} this thing{H1697}.
  • Josh 9:27 : 27 And Joshua{H3091} made{H5414}{(H8799)} them that day{H3117} hewers{H2404}{(H8802)} of wood{H6086} and drawers{H7579}{(H8802)} of water{H4325} for the congregation{H5712}, and for the altar{H4196} of the LORD{H3068}, even unto this day{H3117}, in the place{H4725} which he should choose{H977}{(H8799)}.
  • Josh 10:28 : 28 And that day{H3117} Joshua{H3091} took{H3920}{(H8804)} Makkedah{H4719}, and smote{H5221}{(H8686)} it with the edge{H6310} of the sword{H2719}, and the king{H4428} thereof he utterly destroyed{H2763}{(H8689)}, them, and all the souls{H5315} that were therein; he let{H7604}{(H8689)} none remain{H8300}: and he did{H6213}{(H8799)} to the king{H4428} of Makkedah{H4719} as he did{H6213}{(H8804)} unto the king{H4428} of Jericho{H3405}.
  • Josh 10:40 : 40 So Joshua{H3091} smote{H5221}{(H8686)} all the country{H776} of the hills{H2022}, and of the south{H5045}, and of the vale{H8219}, and of the springs{H794}, and all their kings{H4428}: he left{H7604}{(H8689)} none remaining{H8300}, but utterly destroyed{H2763}{(H8689)} all that breathed{H5397}, as the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of Israel{H3478} commanded{H6680}{(H8765)}.
  • Josh 11:11-12 : 11 And they smote{H5221}{(H8686)} all the souls{H5315} that were therein with the edge{H6310} of the sword{H2719}, utterly destroying{H2763}{(H8687)} them: there was not any left{H3498}{(H8738)} to breathe{H5397}: and he burnt{H8313}{(H8804)} 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}{(H8804)}, and smote{H5221}{(H8686)} them with the edge{H6310} of the sword{H2719}, and he utterly destroyed{H2763}{(H8689)} them, as Moses{H4872} the servant{H5650} of the LORD{H3068} commanded{H6680}{(H8765)}.
  • Num 21:35 : 35 So they smote{H5221}{(H8686)} him, and his sons{H1121}, and all his people{H5971}, until there was none{H1115} left{H7604}{(H8689)} him alive{H8300}: and they possessed{H3423}{(H8799)} his land{H776}.
  • Exod 23:31-33 : 31 And I will set{H7896}{(H8804)} thy bounds{H1366} from the Red{H5488} sea{H3220} even unto the sea{H3220} of the Philistines{H6430}, and from the desert{H4057} unto the river{H5104}: for I will deliver{H5414}{(H8799)} the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of the land{H776} into your hand{H3027}; and thou shalt drive them out{H1644}{(H8765)} before{H6440} thee. 32 Thou shalt make{H3772}{(H8799)} no covenant{H1285} with them, nor with their gods{H430}. 33 They shall not dwell{H3427}{(H8799)} in thy land{H776}, lest they make thee sin{H2398}{(H8686)} against me: for if thou serve{H5647}{(H8799)} their gods{H430}, it will surely be a snare{H4170} unto thee.