Deuteronomy 20:16

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Whenever you capture towns in the land the LORD your God is giving you, be sure to kill all the people and animals.

Cross References

Numbers 21:35

So the Israelites wiped out Og, his family, and his entire army—there were no survivors. Then Israel took over the land of Bashan.

Numbers 31:17

You must put to death every boy and all the women who have ever had sex.

Numbers 33:52

you must force out the people living there. Destroy their idols and tear down their altars.

Deuteronomy 20:17

He has commanded you to completely wipe out the Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

Deuteronomy 24:4

Since she has slept with her second husband, she cannot marry her first husband again. Their marriage would pollute the land that the LORD your God is giving you, and he would be disgusted.

Deuteronomy 4:21

The LORD was angry with me because of what you said, and he told me that he would not let me cross the River Jordan into the good land that he is giving you.

Deuteronomy 7:16

When the LORD helps you defeat your enemies, you must destroy them without pity! And don't get trapped into worshipping their gods.

Joshua 10:20

So Joshua and the Israelites almost wiped out the enemy soldiers. Only a few safely reached their walled towns.

Joshua 10:28

Later that day, Joshua captured Makkedah and killed its king and everyone else in the town, just as he had done at Jericho.

Joshua 10:40

Joshua captured towns everywhere in the land: in the central hill country and the foothills to the west, in the Southern Desert and the region that slopes down towards the Dead Sea. Whenever he captured a town, he would kill the king and everyone else, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded.

Joshua 8:25

Joshua kept his sword pointed at the town of Ai until every last one of Ai's twelve thousand people was dead.

Joshua 8:8

Then set it on fire, as the LORD has told us to do. Those are your orders,

Joshua 9:24

The Gibeonites answered, “The LORD your God told his servant Moses that you were to kill everyone who lives here and take their land for yourselves. We were afraid you would kill us, and so we tricked you into making a peace treaty. But we agreed to be your servants,

Joshua 9:27

but he did tell the Gibeonites that they would have to be servants of the nation of Israel. They would have to cut firewood and bring it for the priests to use for burning sacrifices on the LORD's altar, wherever the LORD decided the altar would be. The Gibeonites would also have to carry water for the priests. And that is still the work of the Gibeonites.

Joshua 9:7

The Israelites replied, “But perhaps you really live near us. We can't make a peace treaty with you if you live nearby.” The Gibeonites said, “If you make a peace treaty with us, we will be your servants.” “Who are you?” Joshua asked. “Where do you come from?” They answered:

1 Samuel 15:3

“Go and attack the Amalekites! Destroy them and all their possessions. Don't have any pity. Kill their men, women, children, and even their babies. Slaughter their cattle, sheep, camels, and donkeys.”