Deuteronomy 13:16 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁶ “And gather all its plunder into the middle of the street, and completely burn with fire the city and all its plunder, before יהוה  your Elohim. And it shall be a heap forever, never to be built again.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the LORD thy God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built again.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ And you shall collect all its spoil into the midst of its open square and shall burn the city with fire with every bit of its spoil [as a whole burnt offering] to the Lord your God. It shall be a heap [of ruins] forever; it shall not be built again.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, unto Jehovah thy God: and it shall be a heap for ever; it shall not be built again.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Gather all the plunder into the middle of the town’s square. Then burn the city and all of its plunder as an entirely burned offering to the LORD your God. It must remain a heap of rubble forever. It must not be rebuilt.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ Then all the household goods which are there, you shall gather together in the midst of its streets, and you shall set fire to these, along with the city itself, so that you may consume everything for the Lord your God, and so that it may be an everlasting tomb. It shall no longer be built up.

Deuteronomy 13:16 Cross References

Exodus 22:19

“Anyone lying with a beast shall certainly be put to death.

Isaiah 17:1

The message concerning Damascus. “See, Damascus ceases to be a city, and shall become a heap of ruins.

Isaiah 25:2

For You shall make a city a heap, a walled city a ruin, a palace of foreigners to be a city no more – never to be rebuilt.

Jeremiah 49:2

“Therefore see, the days are coming,” declares יהוה, “when I shall sound a battle cry in Rabbah of the Ammonites. And it shall be a heap, a wasteland, and her villages shall be burned with fire. Then Yisra’ĕ

Ezekiel 26:14

‘And I shall make you like a shining rock, and let you be a place for spreading nets, never to be rebuilt, for I יהוה  have spoken,’ declares the Master יהוה.

Micah 1:6

“And I shall make Shomeron a heap in the field, places for planting a vineyard. And I shall pour down her stones into the valley, and uncover her foundations.

Deuteronomy 7:25

“The carved images of their mighty ones you are to burn with fire. Do not covet the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it for yourselves, lest you be snared by it, for it is an abomination to יהוה  your Elohim.

Deuteronomy 7:26

“And do not bring an abomination into your house, lest you be accursed like it. Utterly loathe it and utterly hate it, for it is accursed.

Joshua 6:21

And they put under the ban all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox and sheep and donkey, with the edge of the sword.

Joshua 6:24

And they burned the city and all that was in it with fire. Only the silver and gold, and the vessels of bronze and of iron, they put into the treasury of the House of יהוה.

Joshua 6:26

And Yehoshua warned them at that time, saying, “Cursed is the man before יהוה  who rises up and builds this city Yeriḥ

Joshua 8:28

And Yehoshua burned Ai and made it a heap forever, a ruin to this day.