Deuteronomy 7:2
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2 (A)and when the Lord your God gives them over to you, and you defeat them, then you must (B)devote them to complete destruction.[a] (C)You shall make no covenant with them and show no mercy to them.
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- Deuteronomy 7:2 That is, set apart (devote) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction)
Judges 2:2
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2 (A)and you shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; (B)you shall break down their altars.’ But you have not obeyed my voice. What is this you have done?
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Exodus 23:32-33
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32 (A)You shall make no covenant with them and their gods. 33 They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against me; for if you serve their gods, (B)it will surely be a snare to you.”
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Deuteronomy 20:16-17
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16 But (A)in the cities of these peoples that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes, 17 but (B)you shall devote them to complete destruction,[a] the Hittites and the Amorites, the Canaanites and the Perizzites, the Hivites and the Jebusites, as the Lord your God has commanded,
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- Deuteronomy 20:17 That is, set apart (devote) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction)
Judges 1:24
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24 And the spies saw a man coming out of the city, and they said to him, “Please show us the way into the city, (A)and we will deal kindly with you.”
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Joshua 10:30
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30 And the Lord gave it also and its king into the hand of Israel. And he struck it with the edge of the sword, and every person in it; he left none remaining in it. And he did to its king (A)as he had done to the king of Jericho.
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Joshua 2:14
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14 And the men said to her, “Our life for yours even to death! If you do not tell this business of ours, then when the Lord gives us the land (A)we will deal kindly and faithfully with you.”
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Deuteronomy 23:14
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14 Because (A)the Lord your God walks in the midst of your camp, to deliver you and to give up your enemies before you, therefore your camp must be holy, so that he may not see anything indecent among you and turn away from you.
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Leviticus 27:28-29
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28 “But (A)no devoted thing that a man devotes to the Lord, of anything that he has, whether man or beast, or of his inherited field, shall be sold or redeemed; every devoted thing is most holy to the Lord. 29 (B)No one devoted, who is to be devoted for destruction[a] from mankind, shall be ransomed; he shall surely be put to death.
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- Leviticus 27:29 That is, set apart (devoted) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction)
2 Samuel 21:2
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2 So the king called the Gibeonites and spoke to them. Now the Gibeonites were not of the people of Israel but (A)of the remnant of the Amorites. Although the people of Israel had sworn to spare them, Saul had sought to strike them down in his zeal for the people of Israel and Judah.
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Judges 1:4
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4 Then Judah went up and the Lord gave the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand, and they defeated 10,000 of them at Bezek.
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Joshua 21:44
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44 (A)And the Lord gave them rest on every side just as he had sworn to their fathers. (B)Not one of all their enemies had withstood them, for (C)the Lord had given all their enemies into their hands.
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Joshua 11:11-12
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11 And they struck with the sword all who were in it, devoting them to destruction;[a] (A)there was none left that breathed. And he burned Hazor with fire. 12 And all the cities of those kings, and all their kings, Joshua captured, and struck them with the edge of the sword, devoting them to destruction, (B)just as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded.
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- Joshua 11:11 That is, setting apart (devoting) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction); also verses 12, 20, 21
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