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Deuteronomy 20:16

However, in the cities of the nations that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, you must not leave alive anything that breathes.

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ASV

But of the cities of these peoples, that Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth;

KJV

But of the cities of these people, which the Lord thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:

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14 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
רַ֗קRakonlyH7535 →
מֵעָרֵ֤יme.'a.Reifrom [the] cities ofH5892 →
הָֽעַמִּים֙ha.'a.Mimthe peoplesH5971 →
הָאֵ֔לֶּהha.'E.leh<the> theseH428 →
אֲשֶׁר֙'a.SherwhichH834 →
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaGod yourH430 →
נֹתֵ֥ןno.Ten[is] about to giveH5414 →
לְךָ֖le.Khato <the> you
נַחֲלָ֑הna.cha.Lahan inheritanceH5159 →
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808 →
תְחַיֶּ֖הte.chai.Yehyou will let liveH2421 →
כָּל־kol-anyH3605 →
נְשָׁמָֽה׃ne.sha.Mahbreathing thingH5397 →

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Joshua 11:14The Israelites took for themselves all the plunder and livestock of these cities, but they put all the people to the sword until they had completely destroyed them, not sparing anyone who breathed.Numbers 21:2–3So Israel made a vow to the LORD: “If You will deliver this people into our hands, we will devote their cities to destruction.”Numbers 33:52you must drive out before you all the inhabitants of the land, destroy all their carved images and cast idols, and demolish all their high places.Joshua 6:17–21Now the city and everything in it must be devoted to the LORD for destruction. Only Rahab the prostitute and all those with her in her house will live, because she hid the spies we sent.Deuteronomy 7:1–4When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you—Numbers 21:35So they struck down Og, along with his sons and his whole army, until no remnant was left. And they took possession of his land.Deuteronomy 7:16You must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God will deliver to you. Do not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.Joshua 10:40So Joshua conquered the whole region—the hill country, the Negev, the foothills, and the slopes, together with all their kings—leaving no survivors. He devoted to destruction everything that breathed, just as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded.Joshua 11:11–12The Israelites put everyone in Hazor to the sword, devoting them to destruction. Nothing that breathed remained, and Joshua burned down Hazor itself.Joshua 10:28On that day Joshua captured Makkedah and put it to the sword, along with its king. He devoted to destruction everyone in the city, leaving no survivors. So he did to the king of Makkedah as he had done to the king of Jericho.Exodus 23:31–33And I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the Euphrates. For I will deliver the inhabitants into your hand, and you will drive them out before you.Joshua 9:27On that day he made them woodcutters and water carriers, as they are to this day for the congregation of the LORD and for the altar at the place He would choose.Joshua 9:24The Gibeonites answered, “Your servants were told clearly that the LORD your God had commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land and wipe out all its inhabitants before you. So we greatly feared for our lives because of you, and that is why we have done this.Deuteronomy 2:33And the LORD our God delivered him over to us, and we defeated him and his sons and his whole army.Joshua 10:20So Joshua and the Israelites continued to inflict a terrible slaughter until they had finished them off, and the remaining survivors retreated to the fortified cities.Joshua 11:11The Israelites put everyone in Hazor to the sword, devoting them to destruction. Nothing that breathed remained, and Joshua burned down Hazor itself.Joshua 9:7But the men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you dwell near us. How can we make a treaty with you?”

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