Deuteronomy 20:16

God's Word

However, you must not spare anyone’s life in the cities of these nations that the Lord your God is giving you as your property.

Cross References

Numbers 21:35

The Israelites defeated him, his sons, and all his troops, leaving no survivors. And they took possession of his land.

Numbers 31:17

So kill all the Midianite boys and every Midianite woman who has gone to bed with a man.

Numbers 33:52

As you advance, force out all the people who live there. Get rid of all their stone and metal idols, and destroy all their places of worship.

Deuteronomy 20:15

This is what you must do to all the cities that are far away which don’t belong to the nations nearby.

Deuteronomy 20:17

You must claim the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites for the Lord and completely destroy them, as the Lord your God has commanded you.

Deuteronomy 24:4

her first husband is not allowed to marry her again. She has become unclean. This would be disgusting in the Lord’s presence. Don’t pollute with sin the land that the Lord your God is giving you as your property.

Deuteronomy 31:5

The Lord will hand them over to you, and you must do to them everything that I commanded you.

Deuteronomy 4:21

The Lord was angry with me because of you. So the Lord your God took an oath that I wouldn’t cross the Jordan River and enter the good land he is giving you as your property.

Deuteronomy 7:16

You must destroy all the people the Lord your God hands over to you. Have no pity on them, and never worship their gods, because they will be a trap for you.

Joshua 10:20

Joshua and the Israelites defeated them decisively, almost destroying them. But some who survived got back into the fortified cities.

Joshua 10:28

That same day Joshua captured Makkedah, and the Israelites killed its people and king with swords. He claimed them for the Lord by destroying them. There were no survivors. He did the same thing to the king of Makkedah that he had done to the king of Jericho.

Joshua 10:40

So Joshua captured the whole land—the mountains, the Negev, the foothills, and the slopes. There were no survivors. He claimed every living creature for the Lord by destroying it, as the Lord God of Israel had commanded.

Joshua 11:14

The people of Israel took all the loot and livestock from these cities. But they put everyone to death until they were all destroyed. Not one person survived.

Joshua 6:24

Then Israel burned the city and everything in it. But they put the silver and gold and everything made of bronze and iron into the Lord’s treasury.

Joshua 8:25

Twelve thousand men and women from Ai died that day.

Joshua 8:8

When you have captured the city, set it on fire. Do what the Lord says. These are your orders.”

Joshua 9:24

They answered Joshua, “We were told that the Lord your God commanded his servant Moses to give you the whole land and destroy all who live there. We deceived you because we feared for our lives.

Joshua 9:27

But that day Joshua made them woodcutters and water carriers for the congregation. They served the Lord’s altar, wherever he chose to put it. They still serve today.

Joshua 9:7

The men of Israel said to the Hivites, “What if you’re living in this area? We wouldn’t be able to make a treaty with you.”

1 Samuel 15:3

Now go and attack Amalek. Claim everything they have for God by destroying it. Don’t spare them, but kill men and women, infants and children, cows and sheep, camels and donkeys.”