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Deuteronomy 13:15
World English Bible British Edition · Berean Standard Bible
you shall surely strike the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, with all that is therein and its livestock, with the edge of the sword.
you must surely put the inhabitants of that city to the sword. Devote to destruction (note: Forms of the Hebrew cherem refer to the giving over of things or persons to the LORD, either by destroying them or by giving them as an offering; similarly in verse 17.) all its people and livestock.