Deuteronomy 13:16

New American Bible - revised edition

you shall put the inhabitants of that city to the sword, placing the city and all that is in it, even its livestock, under the ban.

Cross References

Exodus 22:19

Whoever sacrifices to any god, except to the Lord alone, shall be put under the ban.

Isaiah 17:1

Oracle on Damascus: See, Damascus shall cease to be a city and become a pile of ruins;

Isaiah 25:2

For you have made the city a heap, the fortified city a ruin, The castle of the insolent, a city no more, not ever to be rebuilt.

Jeremiah 49:2

Therefore the days are coming—oracle of the Lord— when I will sound the battle alarm against Rabbah of the Ammonites; It shall become a mound of ruins, and its villages destroyed by fire. Israel shall then inherit those who disinherited it— oracle of the Lord.

Ezekiel 26:14

I will turn you into bare rock, you will become a place for drying nets. You shall never be rebuilt, for I the Lord have spoken— oracle of the Lord God.

Micah 1:6

So I will make Samaria a ruin in the field, a place to plant vineyards; I will throw its stones into the valley, and lay bare its foundations.

Deuteronomy 7:25

The images of their gods you shall destroy by fire. Do not covet the silver or gold on them, nor take it for yourselves, lest you be ensnared by it; for it is an abomination to the Lord, your God.

Deuteronomy 7:26

You shall not bring any abominable thing into your house, so as to be, like it, under the ban; loathe and abhor it utterly for it is under the ban.

Joshua 6:21

They observed the ban by putting to the sword all living creatures in the city: men and women, young and old, as well as oxen, sheep and donkeys.

Joshua 6:24

The city itself they burned with all that was in it; but the silver, gold, and articles of bronze and iron they placed in the treasury of the house of the Lord.

Joshua 6:26

On that occasion Joshua imposed the oath: Cursed before the Lord be the man who attempts to rebuild this city, Jericho. At the cost of his firstborn will he lay its foundation, and at the cost of his youngest son will he set up its gates.

Joshua 8:28

Then Joshua destroyed Ai by fire, reducing it to an everlasting mound of ruins, as it remains today.